Madonna courts controversy in gun-toting stilettos
She will no doubt argue she was only making a fashion statement. But instead Madonna appears to have shot herself in the foot.
Her new Chanel shoes, complete with pistol-shaped heels, caused a sensation when she wore them to a movie premiere.
But it was not the sort of attention the 50-year-old singer was hoping for.
Anti-gun campaigners have denounced Madonna as ‘irresponsible’ and ‘utterly senseless’ for choosing such a design at a time when violent crime involving guns is soaring.
Dee Edwards, co-founder of the charity Mothers Against Murder and Aggression said:
‘I am utterly disgusted by this.
It is not fashion, it is not style, it is an advert glorifying guns and making them seem acceptable.
Kids are dying every day from gun and knife crime. I would like to see her walk into a mortuary or a hospital wearing those shoes to see a young child whose life has been ripped from him by guns.
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I would like to see her claim it as a fashion statement then.’
Crimestoppers also criticised Madonna, saying she was setting back the battle against gun and knife crime.
