Jeff Thomas
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Probably old news to many, but I was disappointed to confirm that 007 is, ironically (again) anti-self defense / anti-gun.
I noticed in 'Entrapment' some snide comment about a revolver his lady friend brought. Since then I've wondered. While researching for another reason I ran across the following:
March 17, 1997
Sean Connery Speaks Out for Handgun Ban
Sean Connery has lent his voice to anti-gun campaigners in Scotland, who launched a national cinema commercial on Monday calling for the incoming government to place a total ban on handguns. The commercial is part of a push by the Snowdrop Campaign--formed by parents of the sixteen schoolchildren gunned down last year in the Scottish town of Dunblane--before the country's general elections on May 1. The forty-second spot opens with a man loading a .22-caliber handgun. Connery, the original James Bond, says in a voice-over: "It is said a total ban on handguns, including .22s, would take away innocent pleasure from thousands of people." The man in the film then fires several shots at a human-shaped cardboard target. As the camera moves in for a close-up of the gun, Connery says, "Is that more or less pleasure than watching your child grow up?" The film ends with the words: "Remember Dunblane. Ban all handguns." Three weeks ago, legislation was introduced in response to the Dunblane killings that bans private ownership and possession of all pistols and revolvers except the .22.
See http://mrshowbiz.go.com/news/todays_stories/970317/3_17_97_5seanconnery.html .
FWIW. Another one bites the dust ...
I'm running out of acceptable film stars ...
I noticed in 'Entrapment' some snide comment about a revolver his lady friend brought. Since then I've wondered. While researching for another reason I ran across the following:
March 17, 1997
Sean Connery Speaks Out for Handgun Ban
Sean Connery has lent his voice to anti-gun campaigners in Scotland, who launched a national cinema commercial on Monday calling for the incoming government to place a total ban on handguns. The commercial is part of a push by the Snowdrop Campaign--formed by parents of the sixteen schoolchildren gunned down last year in the Scottish town of Dunblane--before the country's general elections on May 1. The forty-second spot opens with a man loading a .22-caliber handgun. Connery, the original James Bond, says in a voice-over: "It is said a total ban on handguns, including .22s, would take away innocent pleasure from thousands of people." The man in the film then fires several shots at a human-shaped cardboard target. As the camera moves in for a close-up of the gun, Connery says, "Is that more or less pleasure than watching your child grow up?" The film ends with the words: "Remember Dunblane. Ban all handguns." Three weeks ago, legislation was introduced in response to the Dunblane killings that bans private ownership and possession of all pistols and revolvers except the .22.
See http://mrshowbiz.go.com/news/todays_stories/970317/3_17_97_5seanconnery.html .
FWIW. Another one bites the dust ...
I'm running out of acceptable film stars ...
