Posted on 11/12/2002 5:28:06 PM PST by pabianice
This is the site of the Entertainment Industries Council, a Hollywood group that is soliciting any anti-gun articles they can to use in the banning of private ownership of firearms.
One might want to respond with what you think of their lie-mongering.
"The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) think this information, the first in a series of bi-monthly emails we'll be sending out, might be of use to you when considering potential story lines. Cognizant of the criticism and scrutiny being generated in Washington toward the creative community, we recently convened a Round Table of writers, directors, producers and other industry professionals to brainstorm alternative approaches to traditional "shoot-em-ups" -- approaches that are more aligned to what actually happens in the real world.
"Hopefully, these depiction suggestions will not only be the impetus for fresh story ideas, but will imbue scripts with a realistic sense of gun violence consequences for people on both sides of a pointed weapon. They are designed to enhance the creative process -- not limit it.
"...Consider highlighting the emotional consequences for the shooter, such as feelings of guilt, remorse, personal angst, and so on.
"Consider incorporating such real-life scenarios as:
"The shooter or possessor of a gun being accidently injured by it.
"A gun accidentally misfiring while being loaded or unloaded by a criminal or other user.
"A gun misfiring and injuring someone after being accidentally dropped.
"Consider the story potential that may exist in a family filing suit against a gun manufacturer for injuries or death sustained by a defective firearm that misfired.
"Try emphasizing the fact that introducing a gun into an argument lethalizes anger: What could have been resolved with just harsh words, or even cuts and bruises, may end up with a death. Guns don't allow for cooling off or reconciling once the momentary or situational anger subsides.
"Consider reflecting the reality that homeowners often freeze up or tremble so badly when trying to use a gun in self-defense that they are unable to deploy it. Or show them as being too frozen in fear to even get the gun..."
Full article at http://eiconline.org/violence/tipsheet1.html
(Excerpt) Read more at eiconline.org ...
The web site is a metaphor for Hollywood's hypocrisy.
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Consider boyotting any advertisers that sponsor such dreck!
As opposed to a gun intentionally misfiring, one presumes?
"The shooter or possessor of a gun being accidently injured by it.
Gee, do y'all think they'll come clean and include the stories about Hollywood "prop gun" accidents (examples: Jon-Erik Hexum and Brandon Lee)? I don't think so, either.
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