Julianne Moore launches Hollywood-backed gun safety campaign

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Julianne Moore launches Hollywood-backed gun safety campaign

Reuters in New York
Tuesday 13 October 2015 22.22 BST

Oscar winner Julianne Moore on Tuesday launched a gun safety campaign with some 80 Hollywood friends and celebrities that is aimed at ending gun violence in the United States.

Supported by Steve Carell, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, Yoko Ono, Reese Witherspoon and dozens of other Hollywood names, the campaign calls for guns to be kept out of the hands of criminals, domestic abusers, stalkers and those with mental illness.

It also calls for guns to be stored safely, out of the reach of children.

“We believe the creative community has an opportunity to use our communications skills and the power of culture to galvanize many more Americans in the gun violence prevention movement,” said a statement by the group, the Everytown Creative Council.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/julianne-moore-launches-hollywood-gun-safety-campaign

[beevul]

1. The title should read "Bloomberg launches (another) Hollywood-backed gun safety campaign N/T

[sarisataka]

2. I wonder if they are dedicated enough

to the cause that they are willing to make a statement that they will not do any movies where the protagonist acts in a way contrary to their stated safety goals or promotes using guns and violence as a solution to problems?

[virginia mountainman]

3. So let me get this straight ..

Lets see, rich people that live in gated communities with armed guards, that make movies with lots of gun violence, that go out in public with armed guards, are pushing gun control on the rest of us??

..I don't need to say another word...

[Straw Man]

4. Kim Kardashian?

Seriously?