Posted on 05/26/2007 3:35:10 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Kevin Costner is urging lawmakers to come up with a series of strict new gun legislation - even if it limits his own shooting time. The star admits he loves to hunt and often heads out with his dogs and a shotgun passed down through generations of his family, but he's the first to admit that America's gun laws are too weak.
And following the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech college, where English student Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people in what was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, Costner feels that legislators should get tough with firearms owners, who refuse to accept their practices could harm others.
He says, "I'm a hunter, I hunt but I think there should be gun laws. I think there should be a lot of gun laws. I don't want to lose my shotgun but there's a real good reason why I use my shotgun. It came from my grandpa. His cheek was on it. My dad's cheek was on it and I go out and hunt with my dogs.
"My gun's an heirloom to me and my son, one day, when I'm gone, is gonna know, `Your dad hunted with that.' But, even though with the connection that I have to my gun, can I look at the NRA (National Rifle Association) and say, `I think you're out of line?' I can say that."
As he was delivering his pitch half the audience fell asleep.
But Virgina Tech was already a GUN-FREE ZONE!! How stricter can you get than that?
Double super gun-free?
Paging PETA....
He has a perpetually stupid look on his face — his IQ must rival that of Keanu Reeves.
No matter what he says, he thinks he is immune to laws that the commoners have to obey. He thinks he will get a pass and be able to buy, sell, own any firearm he wants. What an asshat. One more star to cross off my movie list, although to be truthful he hasn’t made too many recently!
This reads as though it were written by a 10 year old.
Another flaky actor heard from.
ohh kevin... DO ShutUP!!!
Another schmuck heard from.
Must need some cheapo PR for his next boring film.
maybe he and that asshole Sean Penn can do a remake of Fight club and punch the crap out of each other.
Naah! Neither one has the baytzim for the project.
Bet he doesn’t want the law to interfere with his ARMED bodyguards for his own personal safety; the rest of us be damned.
I wonder Kevin, which of the 20,000+ gun laws on the books now do you think are too weak?
5.56mm
Career lagging a bit? Need some publicity?
We already have gun laws.
I think there should be a lot of gun laws.
There already are alot of gun laws.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Translation: "I have a good reason but you don't, so if you don't have my mega-million bucks and star status, shut up and let them take your guns."
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