Hollywood should lead by example when it comes to guns, celebrities say

This open letter was written in response to the massacre of 19 children and two female teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and an earlier deadly shooting in Buffalo.

He was also signed by famous producers like JJ Abrams (Newsletter), Shonda Rhimes (Bridgerton) and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.

Cultural attitudes about smoking, drinking and driving, seatbelt use, and marriage equality have all changed in part through the influence of movies and television. It’s time to start with the dangers of gunssays this letter distributed by the Brady Campaign, an association calling for stricter regulation of guns in the United States.

We are not asking everyone to stop showing guns on the screen. We call on screenwriters, directors and producers to pay attention to the gun violence displayed on screen and promote gun safetyresume signatories.

Movies can, for example, show characters in the process of locking the safety catch of their weapon. Teams can also try to find alternatives to guns in some scenes without destroy the integrity of the story.

The plague of gun violence among young people

Noting that the number of deaths from guns has recently exceeded that of motor vehicle accidents among youth in the United States, the open letter asks those working in the sector to limit scenes with both children and weapons.

A total of 4,368 children and youth under the age of twenty were killed by guns in 2020 in the United States, according to official statistics.

More than 200 Hollywood celebrities, including Jimmy Kimmel, Judd Apatow or Adam McKay, signed the letter, stating that while guns are everywhere in series and movies around the world, only America has this epidemic of violence.

The blame rests on loose gun laws, backed by politicians who are more concerned with staying in power than saving lives.we write. We didn’t create the problem but we wanted to help solve it.