Hollywood and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence are collaborating through CBS SWAT to incorporate gun control messages into the show.
For example, CNN report In one episode, when Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, played by actor Shemar Moore, returns home from his shift as a police officer, he always takes his service gun back to the closet and locks it before sitting down to talk to his wife.
Moore said of the scene, “I’m Hondo, the big bad guy, and I go out there and take down bad guys, and when I come home…I have a gun, but I’m safe and protected.” I commented.
The scene is the result of a collaboration between Hollywood and Brady’s “Show Gun Safety” campaign.
“Shogun Safety” the website says:
Guns feature prominently in television, art, music, and movies around the world, but the United States is the only country with an epidemic of gun violence. America has more guns than people. More than 40,000 people are shot and killed each year. Our nation’s gun violence crisis touches nearly every fabric of American life. Ending this epidemic requires a comprehensive approach, and changing culture and behavior around firearms must be part of the solution. The creative community can play a powerful role in leading these solutions.
This website also includes “Principles” for Hollywood to follow.
1. Use our creativity to model responsible gun ownership and show the consequences of reckless gun use. We will make a conscious effort to show that the characters keep their guns safely locked away and inaccessible to children.
2. Have at least one discussion during pre-production about how the gun will be portrayed on screen, and consider alternatives that can be employed without sacrificing the integrity of the story.
3. Limit scenes involving children and guns, keeping in mind that guns are currently the leading cause of death for children and adolescents.
Ironically, Brady puts the approximate number of annual gun deaths at “more than 40,000,” although he notes that more than 60 percent of those deaths are due to suicide rather than gun violence. I haven’t.
University of California, Davis It pointed out Here’s this often overlooked fact about 2019’s death toll: “There were 39,707 firearm deaths in the United States in 2019. 60% of firearm deaths in the United States were suicides.” In 2019, 23,941 people died by firearm suicide in the United States. ” This is a much smaller number than the 2019 gun violence deaths, or murders, of about 15,766 people, “more than 40,000,” and is a number that is used for gun control fundraising. It means it’s not easy.
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