Lee Greenwood addresses pulling out of NRA performance in Houston: ‘It would just be in really bad taste’

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Lee Greenwood is opening up on his decision not to perform at the National Rifle Association (NRA) conference on Friday in Houston, Texas in the wake of the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. "You know, I thought about that long and hard," Greenwood explained to Fox News Digital. "I talked to some of my friends Don McLean and Larry Gatlin.

And Larry Gatlin made a very good statement to the NRA." Added Greenwood: "I am a gun owner. I believe in the Second Amendment.

But my performance at the NRA would have been deemed [that] I'm endorsing the gun that killed the children. And I thought that was just in not only bad taste, but out of respect of the families that lost their children and the teachers that were killed, would just be in really bad taste.

And so we did notify the NRA that we're not going to play their convention." On Wednesday, "American Pie" singer Don McClean said that he will no longer be performing at the NRA conference after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. "In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week," McClean told Fox News Digital in a statement.  "I’m sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well.