If you were to make a pro-gun movie....

[SamTuckerMTNMAN]

Actually,
I would love to see amovie about growing up like I did. Shooting as a kid, learning to breathe, loading, cleaning. The fun outdoors, the bonding with elders...and then see it perhaps as an art form, marksmanship.

Perhaps for action the skills would save someones life, or a lot of people, as time progresses. But a good movie, in light of the above posts, should highlight the non violent aspects of shooting that so many people are not aware of.

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[Dionysusigma]

I agree with the whole idea of keeping it low-key. Main character CCWs, even does something like IPSC or 3-gun at some point, going through all the reloads, misses, and coming in second place. MC leads a normal life, with normal "office" job, friends, family, etc.

But now, the key point. A potentially violent conflict has to arise some point in the film; abrupt enough that most fencesitters and antis would expect the main character to use their gun, but instead is able to settle the conflict without even drawing it.

In my opinion, this would help shatter the stereotype that we're bloodthirsty loons who spend every minute of every day waiting for the instant we can blow someone away.

 

[07Lway]

I agree with Dionysusigma on this. That would be the best way to do it.

 

[MikePGS]

I'd simply make Stephen Hunter's "Black Light" into a movie and make it as accurate as possible. Basic Message: Bad people exist, and they may want to harm you. Know how to protect yourself.

 

[ilbob]

the history of the United States?

Troops seizing weapons and powder stores, men defend their home and rights, declare independence, follow up with a bill of rights to deter future abuse of authority......

later on, their descendants squander the freedoms their forefathers fought and died for in exchange for exactly nothing.

 

[JKimball]

I would write a movie that has nothing to do with guns or shooting at all. Maybe a romantic comedy or family movie. But I would have 1 or more of the main characters just be gun owners.

I like Tarausowner's idea too. I can see the guy giving the girl a hug and a kiss at the end of a date, a confused look coming over his face as he asks, "What is that?" She says, "What?... Oh, that's my gun. Where's yours?" Haha.

Other ideas I had would be something based on a true story about L.A. riots or NOLA after Katrina. Maybe something about that group of civilians in Germany or Poland that held off the German army for a few days (or weeks?)with just a few guns during the Holocaust years.

Has anybody made a movie about Carlos Hathcock yet? I think that would be cool... and not just about his time in Vietnam, but learning to shoot growing up, and shooting competition.

I thought "The Patriot" was pretty good... particularly the "aim small, miss small" scene. That is a good movie about the purpose of the 2nd Amendment. Maybe it would be interesting to explore a time in the future when the need for the second amendment would be clear again.

 

[anygunanywhere]

+1 for Unintended Consequences. I'm thinking mini-series like Lonesome Dove.

Only cast right thinking actors in the protagonist roles.

Left wingers where thay need to be. Make Rosie O'Donnel one of the ATF agents that is eliminated in the raid. The one that snivels and wets herself.

Anygunanywhere

 

[Geronimo45]

It seems like legalized concealed carry should be fertile ground for many action-movie scenarios.

Depends on your 'action movie'. If it's Segal, Chuck Norris, or similar, it would foul up the formula - good guy decides to go hand-to-hand on the bad guys for some reason. Die Hard, now, would work perfectly. And does. He's a cop, yes - but he's got no need for a gun on this trip (no arrests being made), nobody knows him down there. He carries anyway - and he keeps acting like it's not a big deal.

Would definitely do well in a romantic comedy - as a joke line, as a hobby...

 

[george29]

How about "The Holocaust That Wasn't". The true story of how an armed society protected its right to be Jewish, Mentally Incompetent, Gypsy or Homosexual.

 

[Well-Armed Lamb]

I like the romantic comedy idea as well. Heck, you could make a really funny gimmick out of a shooter who is enamored of a girl and so follows her into a sport where he's really a fish out of water -- a goodhearted but slightly overenthusiastic Tactical Tommy of a three-gunner who finds the girl of his dreams... and she's a cowboy action shooter. Culture clash galore!

Also, why has nobody cast Wilford Brimley in a film of Ruark's THE OLD MAN AND THE BOY? I'd love to see that onscreen.

 

[Joe Demko]

+1 for Unintended Consequences. I'm thinking mini-series like Lonesome Dove.

Only cast right thinking actors in the protagonist roles.

Left wingers where thay need to be. Make Rosie O'Donnel one of the ATF agents that is eliminated in the raid. The one that snivels and wets herself.

Presumably because the idea is to produce something that will
a) actually have a wide appeal.
b) win undecided people to our side.
It doesn't take much in the way of creativity or originality to give the True Believers something they will think is tremendous.

 

[Black Jaque Janaviac]

It would be a futuristic look at America after strict gun control legislation was passed vertually eviscerating the 2nd Amendment. Set 200 years into the future the anti-gun control people brag about how 200 years of gun control has saved 4 million lives. However the government has become increasingly paranoid about criticism in the press and popular muck-raking journalist goes missing. . . He is found three days later on the banks of the Patomac.

Families are having their children removed from the home because the Superintendent of Schools finds the parents are "unteaching" the school's "tolerance program".

Basically all the other rights begin to vaporize and people go missing by the millions - sent to re-education camps.

In the end, 35 million people are murdered by tyrants who run the show in D.C. and the hero of the story who leads the beginning of a rebellion laments that 200 years of life-saving gun control is undone by just a few years of despotic rule.

 

[Mousegun]

My movie would star George Goony, Michael Dumbglus, and Rosie O' Damnold. It would be a love triangle where both Goony and O' Damnnold would be fighting for the affection of Michael Dumbglus.

The plot would thicken to the point that emotions would run so high that paint ball gunfire would ring out and with all the colors of the paint pellets it would resemble a 60's psychedelic scene. When all the players run out of ammo and look at themselves in the mirror, a metamorphosis would take place and all three would stop what they were doing and hug a tree and all four of them would live happily ever after. George, Michael, Rosie and the tree.

 

[Kind of Blued]

the history of the United States?

Troops seizing weapons and powder stores, men defend their home and rights, declare independence, follow up with a bill of rights to deter future abuse of authority......

BINGO!

If only people had the patience to be entertained by (get this) reality, and realize that it is, in fact, real.

 

[Blackbeard]

How about this: A portrait of a criminal. The criminal is the main character. We meet his friends, family, accomplices and learn his reasons for crime, which are mostly selfish. We see his disdain for the laws and those who enforce them. We follow him on a number of crimes -- robbery, burglary, murder and rape. Some of the crimes will show people being hurt while trying to follow the anti dogma of calling 911. Finally, the anti-hero is killed when he robs the home of a gun owner, bringing his life and criminal career to a tragic end.

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

Red Dawn!

"Go to the local sporting goods store and collect all the Forms 4473. These will contain a description of all the local firearms, and the name and address of the owners."

+1

How about "The Holocaust That Wasn't". The true story of how an armed society protected its right to be Jewish, Mentally Incompetent, Gypsy or Homosexual.

This is the best so far...

 

[Rachen]

There are many good pro-gun movies. However, they are in Chinese and they are only available at certain stores in Chinatown that sell them.

They are not really movies, more like serials, with over 30-60 chapters long. Each chapter is roughly an hour but they are filmed so good, you wouldn't want to stop watching them.

First one is "Tai Ping Tien Guo", or the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. 55 Chapters long, it tells the story of the Taiping rebels against the totalitarian Qing Dynasty bent on smuggling opium and allowing foreigners to bully Chinese in their own country. Filled with pro-gun statements such as "weapons like these in the hands of the people will help our great empire secure our freedoms against threats, whether they are from the Qing, or from the Englishman."

Second one: "Zhou Xian Gong' He (Creation of the Republic) Tells the story of how Sun Zhongsang led a successful rebellion against the Qing in 1911 and formed a constitutional republic. Over 70 chapters long.

Third one: "Death Camp at Jian Tang: That one tells the story of Communist resistance fighters arrested by the Japanese during the 1937-1945 war and sent to a labor camp right on the Chang Jiang River. How their courage led them to rebel, procure weapons against the invaders, and incite prisoners in other camps to rebel and throw off the Japanese yoke once and for all.

Fourth one, one of my favorites: "Long March". The epic about Mao Zedong's trek through vast parts of the country with the Red Army.

Lonesome Dove is my FAVORITE American film so far. Anything made by Larry McMurty will beat everything else to the dust.

 

[Seancass]

could just tell the story of the revolutionary war of about any country, just use modern weapons so that you have heros coming out of their homes and farms with their own guns and defeating the big bad enemy.