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NRA approved...

posted 6 years ago by Rorikon (16393)
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Pretty much the whole premise of the movie was to sell guns guns guns with hot chick Bethany and extract vigilante justice. Bethany sure can sell you the guns with her cleavage and no background checks?

They do have a point though with the needing a gun since it takes times for cops to get to the crime scene and those precious seconds count. By the time cops arrive, the crime is usually over. Also, I think vigilante justice should be allowed (only in absolute certainty with no mistake on the person) if the police aren't doing their jobs and most of the time they just let these fucks live, paid for by your tax payer dollars while they rot in jail until either early parole/probation or served time. Justice system from what I can see seems to cater to the suspects of a crime in hopes of reforming them to replace your innocent dead victim.

[–] FilmBuff (6691) 6 years ago

Your idea brings a few questions to mind:

Who gets to decide what "only in absolute certainty with no mistake on the person" means?

What level of offense allows a person to enact vigilante justice?

How closely involved with the crime do you need to be to assume the role of vigilante?

How high were you when you came up with this ridiculous and barbaric idea?

[–] Silverman (270) 6 years ago

Your reductionistic ideas are too stupid to even start a conversation with.

[–] KutWrite (1220) 6 years ago

No. to vigilante justice - it's an oxymoron. Go rent "Ox-Bow Incident" to see how certainty plays out in such cases. Also "12 Angry Men" as to the "justice" system.

Meanwhile, I took this as a reverse-psychology ANTI-gun propaganda film.

Note the ease with which untrained, unvetted, unchecked Paul gets his guns. We'll ignore, of course the crooks who are all well armed. This is Chicago, where Mayor Emanuel is well protected, so sleep easy.

Further, Paul seems to get the guns with no waiting period and even has a full-auto M14 type rifle. I'm so sure those are available in Chi town. I'm not even sure the last gun store in the city is still there. Last I heard the Mayor's henchmen were still trying to shut it down. Can't have those regula' folk protectin' themselves!

I believe the real Bruce Willis is vocally anti-gun, too... except in his movies and protecting him, of course!

[–] Gary O. (997) 5 years ago

No. to vigilante justice - it's an oxymoron. Go rent "Ox-Bow Incident" to see how certainty plays out in such cases. Also "12 Angry Men" as to the "justice" system.

Meanwhile, I took this as a reverse-psychology ANTI-gun propaganda film.

Note the ease with which untrained, unvetted, unchecked Paul gets his guns. We'll ignore, of course the crooks who are all well armed. This is Chicago, where Mayor Emanuel is well protected, so sleep easy.

Further, Paul seems to get the guns with no waiting period and even has a full-auto M14 type rifle. I'm so sure those are available in Chi town. I'm not even sure the last gun store in the city is still there. Last I heard the Mayor's henchmen were still trying to shut it down. Can't have those regula' folk protectin' themselves!

I believe the real Bruce Willis is vocally anti-gun, too... except in his movies and protecting him, of course!

Are you sure of this? I understand that he is very pro-gun.

[–] Gary O. (997) 5 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVE9LVUYpuk

Go to 3:30 and you will get Willis' views on guns.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8292) 5 years ago

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[–] OhHeyBro (361) 6 years ago

Got any proof of this? Couldn't you just as easily say the movie is anti-guns? Due to how easy it was for him to get a gun without a background check. And Bethany with her cleavage sort of making a joke of it.

[–] periscopedivex45 (37) 5 years ago

Haha I think that's what they should have called this movie, GUNS GUNS GUNS, I think it would have been a fitting title. Funny story: When I was a kid my dad was flipping through the channels and this movie with lots of guns and action came on and me being a fan of guns and action asked him what the name of the movie was, naturally he had no idea so on the spur of the moment he just said "Guns Guns Guns", and being the innocent kid I was I believed him. It turned out to be the low budget Michael Dudikoff movie The Human Shield.