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Sundance Stars Sound Off On Gun Violence In Film (bwahahahahahahahaha)
nbc los angeles dot com (from AP) ^ | 1-2013 | Pearson

Posted on 01/23/2013 8:21:57 PM PST by doug from upland

The Sundance Film Festival isn't home to many shoot-em-up movies, but action-oriented actors at the festival are facing questions about Hollywood's role in American gun violence.

Guy Pearce and Alexander Skarsgard are among those who say Hollywood shares in the blame.

"Hollywood probably does play a role," Pearce said. "It's a broad spectrum though. There are films that use guns flippantly, then there are films that use guns in a way that would make you never want to look at a gun ever again — because of the effect that it's had on the other people in the story at the time. So to sort of just say Hollywood and guns, it's a broad palette that you're dealing with, I think. But I'm sure it does have an effect. As does video games, as do stories on the news. All sorts of things probably seep into the consciousness."

Skarsgard says it may be time to revisit the Second Amendment.

"The whole Second Amendment discussion is ridiculous to me. Because that was written over 200 years ago, and it was a militia to have muskets to fight off Brits," he said. "The Brits aren't coming. It's 2013. Things have changed. And for someone to mail-order an assault rifle is crazy to me. They don't belong anywhere but the military to me. You don't need that to protect your home or shoot deer, you know."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; gunviolence; hollywood; secondamendment
Have at it.
1 posted on 01/23/2013 8:22:02 PM PST by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Guy Pearce and Alexander Skarsgard - Who?


2 posted on 01/23/2013 8:25:16 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: doug from upland

In the meantime: “Robert Redford has accused Paris Hilton of lowering the tone at his Sundance Film Festival by attending the event just to “party”.”

From another forum this comment: “98% films at Sundance are about gays eating pudding”.


3 posted on 01/23/2013 8:36:21 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Skarsgard was a bad guy in remake of DOG DAY AFTERNOON. The guy and girl inside the house certainly did need semi-automatic weapons to protect their house but did not have them.


4 posted on 01/23/2013 8:38:27 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: Red_Devil 232
Guy Pearce and Alexander Skarsgard - Who?

This is Guy:

Guy Pearce can be seen using the following firearms in the following films

5 posted on 01/23/2013 8:43:21 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

What’s this guy Pearce’s last name?


6 posted on 01/23/2013 8:45:44 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: doug from upland

Straw Dogs


7 posted on 01/23/2013 8:47:21 PM PST by Borges
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To: doug from upland
The whole Second Amendment discussion is ridiculous to me. Because that was written over 200 years ago, and it was a militia to have muskets to fight off Brits," he said. "The Brits aren't coming. It's 2013. Things have changed.

We need to start counter negotiating. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan are now over, so lets start pushing back on the Patriot act, and all these intrusive laws passed since 9/11/2001. If they want to reassure us that they are not tyrannical, then they need to stand down.

8 posted on 01/23/2013 8:47:33 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Borges

Doh! Yes, it was STRAW DOGS. I sometimes mix up canine movies. LOL


9 posted on 01/23/2013 8:50:27 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: doug from upland
"The whole Second Amendment discussion is ridiculous to me. Because that was written over 200 years ago, and it was a militia to have muskets to fight off Brits," he said. "The Brits aren't coming. It's 2013. Things have changed."

We were Brits at the time you moron.

Things have changed. And for someone to mail-order an assault rifle is crazy to me.

Geeze this guy is stupid. It hasn't been legal to order a firearm through the mail since 1968. Another infringement on the 2nd Amendment.

FWIW I don't own an assault weapon.
Those were tightly restricted by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

I do own a Tyranny Response Rifle.

10 posted on 01/23/2013 9:01:24 PM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: doug from upland

Straw Dogs?


11 posted on 01/24/2013 2:19:32 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: Revolting cat!
Gay cowboys eating pudding


12 posted on 01/24/2013 5:21:56 AM PST by BBell (And Now for Something Completely Different)
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