{"id":105441,"date":"2024-11-06T20:02:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=105441"},"modified":"2024-11-06T20:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:02:47","slug":"105441","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=105441","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/witl.com\/ixp\/204\/p\/jay-allen-robbed-at-gunpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Singer Jay Allen Robbed at Gunpoint in East Nashville<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Country singer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/jay-allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Allen\u00a0<\/a>has reconsidered his stance on gun ownership after being the victim of an armed robbery at an East Nashville grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>The singer and former\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/the-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Voice<\/a><\/em>\u00a0contestant opened up about the scary experience on social media, assuring fans that he&#8217;s &#8220;ok (besides being out a few bucks.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But what really distressed him wasn&#8217;t the loss of the money \u2014 it was the feeling of vulnerability and terror that stuck with him, even after the danger had passed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even with having a muscular stature and being covered in tattoos, it didn&#8217;t matter,&#8221; Allen reflects. &#8220;He had a gun, and I didn&#8217;t. I felt helpless, taken advantage of, and mad at myself more than anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the incident, Allen says he made a big decision: To purchase a firearm for protection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-oembed instagram\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DB3zQrqxe3w\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=987&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwitl.com&amp;rp=%2Fixp%2F204%2Fp%2Fjay-allen-robbed-at-gunpoint%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A75038.39999997616%7D\" height=\"1216\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always been on the fence about guns, but today I&#8217;m a proud new gun owner,&#8221; he continues. &#8220;It&#8217;s strictly for self-defense, and I will NEVER feel that way again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Allen also shared a closeup shot of his new pistol, as well as video of himself at a gun learning to use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country Singer Jay Allen Robbed at Gunpoint in East Nashville Country singer\u00a0Jay Allen\u00a0has reconsidered his stance on gun ownership after being the victim of an armed robbery at an East Nashville grocery store. The singer and former\u00a0The Voice\u00a0contestant opened up about the scary experience on social media, assuring fans that he&#8217;s &#8220;ok (besides being out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=105441\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105443,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105441\/revisions\/105443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}