Hollywood promotes violence and gun bans

 
| Published: December 23, 2012    Comment on this article Leave a comment

The Newtown tragedy raises questions of the reasons behind mass killings. A culture of violence is promoted by the ghastly graphics and use of firearms in numerous television shows and video games. “Conditioned response” is an often-used psychological term for much of this.

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And who promotes this? Hollywood. And in which venue is gun violence prominently displayed? Hollywood. And who are the ones who violently oppose any restrictions on the use of gratuitous violence in movies? Hollywood. And who are some of the foremost proponents of banning guns? Hollywood.

Donald W. Rominger Jr., Tecumseh


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