Amy Sumer, Julianne Moore, Mark Raffaello and many more stars signed the letter, which was published yesterday.
His stars Hollywoodamong them Amy Sumer, Julianne Moore and Mark Raffaello signed a letterwhich was published yesterday and calls on movies and TV shows to describe images responsible for possession of firearms and narrow down the scenes shown by children with guns.
The open letter, which follows the two recent deadly attacks in Ovalde and Buffalo, is also signed by the famous producers Jay Abrams (“Lost”) and Sonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy”).
“Opinions about smoking, drunk driving, seat belt use and equality in marriage have all been shaped in part by the influence of cinema and television. It is time to confront the security of arms. “We are not asking anyone to stop showing us guns on the screen. We are asking screenwriters, directors and producers to consider gun violence on screen and to promote gun safety,” the letter said. Brady Campaign, an NGO for him weapons control.
Pointing out that guns have recently overtaken traffic as the leading cause of death among underage Americans, the letter urges “colleagues in the art community” to “limit scenes involving children and guns”.
Ten people were shot dead last month in a racist attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Ten days later, 19 children and two teachers were killed inside a school by a gunman in Ovalde, Texas.
A total of 4,368 children and adolescents under the age of 19 in the US were killed by gunfire by 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The open letter signed by more than 200 stars of Hollywood.
As he points out, “guns are appearing on television and in the cinema in every corner of the globe, but only in America is there an epidemic of armed violence. rather than save lives. “
“We did not cause the problem, but we must help solve it,” he said.
