This is a copy of a letter that I will be sending to all three of my Congresscritters, as a proposal for helping to kerb mass shootings by going after the genesis of impulses for such. We can all agree that there is much violence in Hollywood movies, right? So, instead of banning firearms outright (which the Left seems bent on doing,) let's ban violence in movies outright! Spread the word, feel free to use this letter as a template. Let's BURY Congress in letters like this, make them sit up and take notice!
I'll be posting this in parallel on Facebook as well. Let's spread this idea far & wide, everyone.
(I know I've been away for a minute or two - I figure this is a good "welcome back" post. I hope to be back, now that life has settled down a bit for me...)
I'll be posting this in parallel on Facebook as well. Let's spread this idea far & wide, everyone.
(I know I've been away for a minute or two - I figure this is a good "welcome back" post. I hope to be back, now that life has settled down a bit for me...)
Jon
Jon D. Kelley
(address redacted)
13MAR2018
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
331 Hart Senate office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Senator Feinstein;
I
note, with no small dismay, that you are continuing in your efforts to ban
firearms, in an effort to curb violent actions.
If you’ll excuse the phrase, I believe you’re putting the cart before
the horse.
A
firearm is about as likely to take independent action as your average
brick. It’s not going to jump up and
shoot up a school or a mall by itself, it takes a person with malice in their
heart to pick it up and do that. We need to address the people, not the firearms. I’d
like to suggest the following, in an effort to curb violent impulses:
Knowing
that there are many violent movies and movies with violent actions coming out
of Hollywood, we should:
-
Ban the use of firearms in movies (including
muzzleloading firearms)
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Ban the scripting of violent actions and/or
incidents in movies
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Ban the showing of people being shot, beaten,
thrown off buildings, run over with vehicles, or otherwise damaged and/or
killed
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The most violent act that may be shown on screen
would be throwing bits of sponge or wads of paper at each other, and perhaps
trading harsh language.
I think you can
agree that this is indeed a difficult problem that we face – however, I haven’t
seen a proposal to deal with the genesis of violent impulses in an effort to
slow down or halt mass shooting incidents.
I think you’ll find that this is a reasonable approach to the problem –
and more likely to have an effect than simply banning the use of an inanimate
object…
I
am at liberty to discuss this idea further, if you so desire.
Yours,
Jon D. Kelley
San Jose, CA
JonDKelley@gmail.com
