Results: Action Star Speaks Out Against Guns
Published on 02/01/2015
After the recent terrorist shootings in France, actor Liam Neeson made the following comments - "First off, my thoughts and prayers and my heart are with the deceased, and certainly with all of France, yesterday. I’ve got a lot of dear friends in Paris. There’s too many f—ing guns out there. Especially in America. I think the population is like, 320 million? There’s over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America. I think it’s a f—ing disgrace. Every week now we’re picking up a newspaper and seeing, ‘Yet another few kids have been killed in schools."
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Did you hear about this? Yes
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No
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What do you think of his comments? I agree with him entirely.
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I can see some his points, but not all.
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I completely disagree.
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I'm not sure.
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n/a
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Other (please specify)
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| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
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| 0.23% | 4 | |
| liam is entitled to his opinion. | 0.06% | 1 |
| you have to understand...he's irish. | 0.06% | 1 |
| no his business | 0.06% | 1 |
| he did not need to use profanity!!!!!! | 0.06% | 1 |
| cursing was not nice | 0.06% | 1 |
| i think he could have got his point across without the curse words. | 0.06% | 1 |
| he's speaking from pain, one of his friends may have been shot. kids & criminals do not go through legal shops to get guns they use criminals and they do not register nor follow any rules | 0.06% | 1 |
| his movies show a very distinct violent nature. | 0.06% | 1 |
| people kill not guns | 0.06% | 1 |
| i agree with his comments but i think he needs to acknowledge his career as an action movie star and the gun violence in his movies | 0.06% | 1 |
| good except for the obvious swear words he used! | 0.06% | 1 |
| he sounds angry and cusses too much. | 0.06% | 1 |
| nothing wrong with guns,no need for guns that have more than 2 or3 shots. | 0.06% | 1 |
| makes him sound like an idiot that wants attention | 0.06% | 1 |
| depends if done in self defense if not then its beyond a disgrace. | 0.06% | 1 |
| its calling the kettle black - he makes lots of moneys using guns in movies | 0.06% | 1 |
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Do you think Neeson's comments are hypocritical, given the fact that he makes a living shooting bad guys on screen? Not at all. His movies aren't reality.
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To a degree.
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Absolutely. If he's so anti-gun, he should refuse to use one in his films.
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| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
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| 0.12% | 2 | |
| not really sure. we put too much into what we see on screen but it does have an influence; kinda like being in court & judge tells jury to "disregard" something. you can't unhear something, you know. kind of a toss up on this. | 0.06% | 1 |
| in his movies he is the good guy using guns to stop the bad guys. if you are up against guns, better have a gun. | 0.06% | 1 |
| killing is everywhere but why would i not have something to protect myself. | 0.06% | 1 |
| he spoke out of pain and may want to retract his statements | 0.06% | 1 |
| no | 0.06% | 1 |
| a little bit i guess | 0.06% | 1 |
| no. | 0.06% | 1 |
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Here are some other actors who have been known to wield a gun or two in their movies, but are also very anti-gun. Do any of these surprise you? Norman Reedus
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Kevin Bacon
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Matt Damon
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Mark Wahlberg
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Danny Devito
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Sean Connery
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Sylvester Stallone
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None of these surprise me.
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N/A
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