No guns allowed? No national anthem from me, singer tells Reno baseball team
by David Montero, Los Angeles Times
Apr 13, 2018
3 minutes
LAS VEGAS - Colin Kaepernick is the most famous University of Nevada, Reno, graduate to be embroiled in controversy over the national anthem.
Now enter Alishia Wolcott.
The 2016 graduate told the Reno Aces - a minor league baseball team - that she would not sing the "Star-Spangled Banner" because of the stadium's no firearms policy and new metal-detector screening process.
"I WILL NOT sing our National Anthem at a place that seeks to strip me of my second amendment rights!!!" she said on Twitter on Tuesday. Linked to her tweet was a
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