James Walton, the director of Prepper Broadcasting Network, discussed his role in a peaceful protest in Virginia in 2020 to protest new gun laws. The crowd sang patriotic songs and peacefully rallied, achieving acceptable reforms to the new regulations. Singing can have a powerful impact on peaceful protests. In 1986-1991 nationals of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania would peacefully protest Soviet rule by singing national songs. The peaceful demonstrations became known as the Singing Revolution, and all three countries gained sovereignty.