The quote of the day is presented by Guns.com
By all reports, the new Joker movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is violent. If so, that would put it in very good company among much of the product Hollywood generates. But a group of Aurora survivors and family members — lead by anti-gun activist Igor Volsky — are taking the opportunity of the film’s premier to pressure Warner Brothers into somehow advocate for less “gun violence.” Or something.
A group of people whose loved ones witnessed or were killed in 2012’s Aurora theater shooting are calling on Warner Bros. to help combat gun violence as the studio prepares to release its rated-R comic book film “Joker.”
In a letter addressed to Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff and obtained by CNN, five family members and friends of victims of the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado ask the studio to “use your massive platform and influence to join us in our fight to build safer communities with fewer guns.” (Warner Bros., like CNN, is owned by WarnerMedia.)
“Over the last several weeks, large American employers from Walmart to CVS have announced that they are going to lean into gun safety. We are calling on you to be a part of the growing chorus of corporate leaders who understand that they have a social responsibility to keep us all safe,” the letter states.
Specifically, the letter calls on the studio to end political contributions to candidates who take money from the NRA and vote against gun reform, actively lobby for gun reform and make contributions groups that support survivors and aim to reduce gun violence.
– Sandra Gonzalez in Families of Aurora theater shooting victims ask movie studio to take action ahead of ‘Joker’ release
