Eagles Of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes discusses gun control in relation to Bataclan shooting

Eagles Of Death Metal singer Jesse Hughes has made some rather controversial comments lately about gun control in regards to the terrible shooting at the Bataclan Theatre last year.

The overall perspective of the frontman, from the interview, is that universal gun control allegedly would have helped to stop the terrorists. One of the, pull quotes, you could say, from the French TV interview is the following excerpt:

"Did your French gun control stop a single fucking person from dying at the Bataclan? And if anyone can answer yes, I’d like to hear it, because I don’t think so. I think the only thing that stopped it was some of the bravest men that I’ve ever seen in my life charging head-first into the face of death with their firearms.”

Another, more sentimental snippet of the interview has Hughes saying that:

"I know people will disagree with me, but it just seems like God made men and women, and that night guns made them equal".

So, is this in somewhat poor taste to what happened and what is still very painful to a lot of people, or just a man venting on from what was an incredibly traumatic experience? That's really up to you.

The blues/rock band recently played at the Olympic Concert Hall in Paris; their first performance in the city since the attacks. The band also gave a pretty in-depth interview with Vice late last year about their first hand experiences of the shooting. You can find this recent interview, as well as the band's sideshows of their Byron Bay Bluesfest appearance on March 26th are below:

Thursday, March 24 – The Croxton, Melbourne

Friday, March 25 – The Croxton, Melbourne

Sunday, March 27 – The Metro, Sydney

Tuesday, March 29 – Metropolis, Fremantle