Hey, couldn't one pro-gun group create an award for best depiction of defensive gun use?
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,566084,00.html
EIC Launches Awards to Recognize Shows that Discourage Gun Violence
8/6/2003
Press Release
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc
1760 Reston Parkway Ste. 415
www.eiconline.org
Contact:
Laura Baker
Phone: 703-481-1414
First EDGE Awards To Be Presented to James Coburn's Family for American Gun at the Opening Night for the International Student Film Festival Hollywood on September 3rd
ER, The West Wing, The District, Judging Amy & Family Law Among First Recipients
Los Angeles, CA - The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) has created the EDGE (Entertainment Depiction of Gun Education) Awards to recognize feature films, TV movies, reality programs and episodes of scripted television series that effectively promote firearm safety and discourage gun violence, it was announced today by Brian Dyak, President/CEO of EIC. The Awards are presented with support from the Joyce Foundation.
"Gun use and related violence is one of the most critical issues facing America today," said Dyak. "This award has been designed to promote and recognize responsible portrayals of gun safety in the creative community."
The first EDGE Award will be presented to the family of the late actor James Coburn for his last film, American Gun, at the International Student Film Festival of Hollywood on September 3rd at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Coburn is being recognized for his role in which he plays a father who embarks on a nationwide journey to trace the line of ownership of the gun that killed his daughter.
The other productions receiving inaugural award plaques are: Judging Amy ("The Beginning, The End & The Murky Middle" and "Look Closer"), Family Law ("Safe at Home"), ER ("Rampage" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas"), Six Feet Under ("Life's Too Short"), 7th Heaven ("Teased"), The West Wing ("War Crimes"), The District ("Meltdown"), Boston Public ("Chapter Twenty-Two"), Dateline ( "In the Line of Fire: The Forgotten Victims"), 20/20 Downtown ( "Packing Heat"), PrimeTime ( "Over the Edge"), Talk or Walk ("I Want the Guns Out of My House") and the TV Movie Gun Deadlock.
EDGE Awards, which are presented to writers, directors and producers, are given in two formats: Plaques (highest recognition) are awarded to productions that emphasize the aftermath of gun violence; focus on storage precautions, including the possible consequences of failure to secure firearms properly; stress the importance of keeping guns away from children; give accurate statistics and information about gun violence and safety; depict or address firearm safety devices; explore possible avenues to address gun violence; discuss obstacles to achieving gun safety; or offer information on ensuring safe usage.
Certificates of Merit are given to productions that do not include gun violence, but depict alternative forms of conflict resolution that do not rely on gun use.
Recipients of inaugural Certificates of Merit include: King of the Hill ("Soldiers of Misfortune"), Mysterious Ways ("One of Us" and "The Big Picture"), The Ponderosa ("Joaquin" and "The Promise"), Charmed ("Music to My Ears"), Boston Public ("Chapter Nine," "Chapter Twelve," "Chapter Fifteen," and "Chapter Sixteen"), Touched By An Angel ("The Birthday Present"), Third Watch ("A Hero's Rest") and Doc ("Second Opinion"). Also recipients of certificates were Showtime's The Day Reagan Was Shot, Sister Mary Explains It All, Within These Walls, 3 A.M, A Girl Thing, In the Time of the Butterflies, The Killing Yard, Ruby's Bucket of Blood, and Warden of Red Rock.
NOTE: The "West Wing" episode nominated has a CCW holder firing back at a shooter in church and killing a 9 year old girl by mistake.
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,566084,00.html
EIC Launches Awards to Recognize Shows that Discourage Gun Violence
8/6/2003
Press Release
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc
1760 Reston Parkway Ste. 415
www.eiconline.org
Contact:
Laura Baker
Phone: 703-481-1414
First EDGE Awards To Be Presented to James Coburn's Family for American Gun at the Opening Night for the International Student Film Festival Hollywood on September 3rd
ER, The West Wing, The District, Judging Amy & Family Law Among First Recipients
Los Angeles, CA - The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) has created the EDGE (Entertainment Depiction of Gun Education) Awards to recognize feature films, TV movies, reality programs and episodes of scripted television series that effectively promote firearm safety and discourage gun violence, it was announced today by Brian Dyak, President/CEO of EIC. The Awards are presented with support from the Joyce Foundation.
"Gun use and related violence is one of the most critical issues facing America today," said Dyak. "This award has been designed to promote and recognize responsible portrayals of gun safety in the creative community."
The first EDGE Award will be presented to the family of the late actor James Coburn for his last film, American Gun, at the International Student Film Festival of Hollywood on September 3rd at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Coburn is being recognized for his role in which he plays a father who embarks on a nationwide journey to trace the line of ownership of the gun that killed his daughter.
The other productions receiving inaugural award plaques are: Judging Amy ("The Beginning, The End & The Murky Middle" and "Look Closer"), Family Law ("Safe at Home"), ER ("Rampage" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas"), Six Feet Under ("Life's Too Short"), 7th Heaven ("Teased"), The West Wing ("War Crimes"), The District ("Meltdown"), Boston Public ("Chapter Twenty-Two"), Dateline ( "In the Line of Fire: The Forgotten Victims"), 20/20 Downtown ( "Packing Heat"), PrimeTime ( "Over the Edge"), Talk or Walk ("I Want the Guns Out of My House") and the TV Movie Gun Deadlock.
EDGE Awards, which are presented to writers, directors and producers, are given in two formats: Plaques (highest recognition) are awarded to productions that emphasize the aftermath of gun violence; focus on storage precautions, including the possible consequences of failure to secure firearms properly; stress the importance of keeping guns away from children; give accurate statistics and information about gun violence and safety; depict or address firearm safety devices; explore possible avenues to address gun violence; discuss obstacles to achieving gun safety; or offer information on ensuring safe usage.
Certificates of Merit are given to productions that do not include gun violence, but depict alternative forms of conflict resolution that do not rely on gun use.
Recipients of inaugural Certificates of Merit include: King of the Hill ("Soldiers of Misfortune"), Mysterious Ways ("One of Us" and "The Big Picture"), The Ponderosa ("Joaquin" and "The Promise"), Charmed ("Music to My Ears"), Boston Public ("Chapter Nine," "Chapter Twelve," "Chapter Fifteen," and "Chapter Sixteen"), Touched By An Angel ("The Birthday Present"), Third Watch ("A Hero's Rest") and Doc ("Second Opinion"). Also recipients of certificates were Showtime's The Day Reagan Was Shot, Sister Mary Explains It All, Within These Walls, 3 A.M, A Girl Thing, In the Time of the Butterflies, The Killing Yard, Ruby's Bucket of Blood, and Warden of Red Rock.
NOTE: The "West Wing" episode nominated has a CCW holder firing back at a shooter in church and killing a 9 year old girl by mistake.
