Over 200 directors, producers, actors and other film and TV professionals signed an open letter Monday from gun violence prevention group Brady pledges to model responsible gun safety measures on-screen in the wake of the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings
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The signers acknowledged that cultural attitudes towards smoking, drunk driving, seatbelts and marriage equality have all evolved due to movies and TV.
The group is not asking for guns to no longer be shown on-screen, but instead pledges to model responsible gun ownership and show consequences for reckless gun use, and keep them out of the reach of children.
The group suggested that productions have at least one pre-production meeting to discuss how guns will be shown on-screen and to come up with alternatives that won't affect a story.
People signed a pledge to limit gun scenes with children. The writers on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Adam McKay, and Shonda Rhimes were among those who signed the petition.
The Brady Campaign to prevent Gun Violence and The Brady Center to prevent Gun Violence were named after the Bradys. During the assassination attempt against the president, Jim Brady was shot.
On the day of the Uvalde shooting, CBS pulled an episode of FBI that showed a student taking part in a robbery. There was a content warning added to the premiere episode of the fourth season of Stranger Things, which showed bloodied, dead children. Students being shot at in the opening scene of Obi-Wan Kenobi were shown on Disney+. Matthew McConaughey spoke at a White House press briefing after his hometown was attacked. Raising the age to purchase an assault rifle to 21 from 18 was one of the gun control measures the Dallas Buyers Club star advocated for. The president was pressed by Jimmy on why he hasn't done more on the issue of gun control.
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