Meet Jason Rzepka, Everytown for Gun Safety’s “Director of Cultural Engagement”

By Robert Farago

We’ve said it before a millions times: don’t exaggerate. Wait. That’s not it. Culture eats strategy for lunch. While the Constitution is Americans’ shield against the degradation and destruction of their gun (and other) rights, and pro-gunners must fight to protect their right to arm-up in the courts and the voting booth, the culture is the single most important battleground. On one hand…the anti-gun rights mainstream media and the politicians they enable. On the other…tradition, patriotism, Hollywood, video games, the Internet, hands-on gun fun and the politicians all that enables. Unfortunately, Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety gets it. Hence . . .

their new(ish) Director of Cultural Engagement, the unpronounceable Jason Rzepka.

The former MTV Vice President of Public Affairs and head of communications at PopTech and IMAX now earns his crust by “using culture to fight gun violence.” According to netrootsnation.com, he’s “overseeing “Everytown’s storytelling efforts, celebrity engagement and the development of other cultural assets that mobilize Americans to take common sense steps that will help save lives.”

Apparently, Jason’s been on the job since May. We clocked Everytown’s creation of their star-studded, Hollywood-based Creative Council last …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns