Sly speaks out for gun control

[Fredkrueger100]

I just read this story. I have always liked Stallone but not anymore. He is no different than all the other hypocrites in this country. He makes movies that are among the most violent ever made and he has the nerve to say we don't need "assault weapons"!! Some of the stuff he says makes me sick. Here is the article.




BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Sylvester Stallone says that despite his "Rambo" image and new shoot-em-up film "Bullet to the Head," he's in favor of new national gun control legislation.

Stallone supported the 1994 "Brady bill" that included a now-expired ban on assault weapons, and hopes that ban can be reinstated.

"I know people get (upset) and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon.' Who ... needs an assault weapon? Like really, unless you're carrying out an assault. ... You can't hunt with it. ... Who's going to attack your house, a (expletive) army?"

The 66-year-old actor, writer and director said he also hopes for an additional focus on mental health to prevent future mass shootings.

"It's unbelievably horrible, what's happened. I think the biggest problem, seriously, is not so much guns. It's that every one of these people that have done these things in the past 30 years are friggin' crazy. Really crazy! And that's where we've dropped the ball: mental health," he said. "That to me is our biggest problem in the future, is insanity coupled with isolation."

Stallone is now in production on his next project, pairing up with the former "Raging Bull" Robert De Niro for "Grudge Match," about two aging boxers.

"People think it's going to be some geezer brawl. Really? OK, they're in for a surprise. I'm telling you. I've been working on the fight, the choreography. He's taking it deadly serious. Because no one wants to be shown up," Stallone said of De Niro. "It's going to be like a 'Rocky' fight. This will be 'Rocky 7,' with me fighting — with Rocky fighting the 'Raging Bull.'"

 

[farmerbyron]

I rest my case, your honor.

 

[Glocktogo]

When he gives up every dime he's ever made for holding a movie gun in his hands, I'll listen. Until then...Not so much...

 

[ignerntbend]

Let's say you're Johnny Depp, and people start bootlegging copies of your Pirate movies and you come out against Piracy.

The reason this is not hypocricy, is that you are playing a roll in a movie.

You aren't endorsing piracy by appearing in a movie about piracy.

Movies are make believe.

 

[Glocktogo]

Let's say you're Johnny Depp, and people start bootlegging copies of your Pirate movies and you come out against Piracy.

The reason this is not hypocricy, is that you are playing a roll in a movie.

You aren't endorsing piracy by appearing in a movie about piracy.

Movies are make believe.

Silly post is exceedingly silly.

Firearms laws have specific exemptions for movie prop guns, specifically because the movie industry has a legitimate "need" for them. Hypocrisy is hypocrisy, regardless of the reason. And yes, glorifying illegal violence with guns in movies and then waxing poetic on the need to restrict guns is still hypocrisy.

 

[ignerntbend]

If a guy plays a rapist in a movie, does that mean he's glorifying rape?Very Soviet view of art.

 

[JamesP82]

ignernt,

Stallone being anti-gun would be more akin to Depp being anti-boat.

There are still pirates that attack and seize other vessles. We call all agree that is bad. Because these people exist we must now ban boats that go faster than 5 knots. Because it's the boat's fault.

 

[ignerntbend]

Guys, Stalone can ram it up the pipe for all I care, but using guns in a movie is not an endorsement of guns in any way.

 

[JamesP82]

Guys, Stalone can ram it up the pipe for all I care, but using guns in a movie is not an endorsement of guns in any way.

Tell that to Youtube. :-P

 

[ignerntbend]

If Robert Duval plays Stalin, or if Albert Finny plays Hitler, they are not in any way endorsing the actions of those individuals. Not even by the most outlandish stretch of the imagination.