Samuel L. Jackson...supports gun ownership?!

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TheKen206, sorry, but time has nothing to do with it. If you were convicted of a felony at age 18, and were found with any firearm at age 90, you're still guilty.
Congress defunded ATFE many years ago from restoring 2A rights, and they are the only ones who can do it.
 
What kind of bizarro world does Conan O'Brien live in where someone owning a gun is hard to believe?
It's not sad really, just something he never grew up with. It's kind of like the irrational fear of guns that is based on ignorance, which is completely ridiculous, and at the same time faintly understandable. If the only thing you ever saw in regards to firearms was movies about people killing others with guns and crimes being committed with guns on the news as opposed to people defending themselves with guns, it's not a far fetched conclusion that a person would be totally devoid of any practical knowledge.

We are the privileged few.
 
Think about what S Jackson said ' i dont go looking for the noise i let them come to me'.....if nothing else he has given serious thought to dealing with someone in his house.
 
Congress defunded ATFE many years ago from restoring 2A rights, and they are the only ones who can do it.

That only applies to FEDERAL crimes. I see nothing to suggest he was charged with a federal crime.
 
Who cares?

I care as should you!!:what: When comments are made where millions of people can be influenced, we should all care!

I cared when Rosie O'HughHips used her pulpit on her TV show to verbally attack/ambush Tom Sellek about his membership in the NRA and his gun stance.

I cared when John Kerry was shown in a 'hunting' scene, carrying a semi-auto shotgun (which was one of the weapons the he voted to 'ban') to millions of people just so he could sway the hunting crowd.

I care when 'Joy (something)' on "The View" repeats anti-gun sentiments aping the likes of Kennedy and Pelosi to millions of women every morning. Women are the very group that we should be teaching gun safety, hunting and other various shooting sports to. They are, by far, the biggest, future, untapped source of support that we need.

I CARE !​
 
Lots of pro-gun Democrats in this country.
Plenty of apathetic Republicans as well. How about the Republicans that like to hunt, but don't think we need hi-cap magazines or semi automatic pistol gripped scary rifles? They do exist, my mom married one.
 
Well, tell me again why should we care what this actor or that actor has to say on the topic. Do we really believe that people are going to listen to a movie actor on TV and adopt his stance on firearms, or politics in general, or the state of the world, or the U.S. economy, or virtually anything else? Not going to happen, folks -- it's not going to happen.

The people who are are pro-gun in this country, be they of one political stripe or the other (and there are plenty of both, despite efforts even on this very board to paint one party as always pro-gun and the other as anti-gun), already have their minds made up on the issue; the opinions of Samuel L. Jackson or anyone else are not going to influence them in any way, shape, or form. They might like to hear it, if ol' Sam agrees with their stance, or they may frump and say that they'll never again watch one of his movies if his opinion is contrary to theirs, but by and large it's not going to change their minds. At the same time, the people who do not have their minds made up -- and these folks are few and far between these days -- are not going to be influenced by a movie actor who gets paid to jaw with some schlub on a TV talk show.

Politicians? We should worry about them. But movie actors? Who cares?
 
Well, tell me again why should we care what this actor or that actor has to say on the topic. Do we really believe that people are going to listen to a movie actor on TV and adopt his stance on firearms, or politics in general, or the state of the world, or the U.S. economy, or virtually anything else?

A lot of people listen to and care about everything a given actor or actress does or believes in. Have you watched television lately? How about looked at a grocery store magazine rack?
 
Well, tell me again why should we care what this actor or that actor has to say on the topic. Do we really believe that people are going to listen to a movie actor on TV and adopt his stance on firearms, or politics in general, or the state of the world, or the U.S. economy, or virtually anything else?

Go to a SHOT show. Go to the Glock booth. See how many people stand in line to get a picture with R. Lee Ermey...
 
I think its great whenever a popular figure promotes gun ownership, they have much more influence on the masses. I especially like the part about how protecting yourself is being responsible.
 
Go to a SHOT show. Go to the Glock booth. See how many people stand in line to get a picture with R. Lee Ermey...

I think its great whenever a popular figure promotes gun ownership, they have much more influence on the masses. I especially like the part about how protecting yourself is being responsible.

Yes,it really seems to be a positive.We all appreciate Tom Selleck,Bruce Willis,Kurt Russell,Angelina Jolie and Demi Moore for their pro-gun stances.
The more the better to off set the large majority of anti-gunners in the entertainment world.
Kudos to Samuel L.Jackson for his comments.
 
Like it or not, in the USA, actors & other celebrities are public opinion policy makers.

What they say, do, or support affects a vast majority of sheeple.

So, their viewpoints do matter and you should care what they say. Because they are people who can alter how the sheeple think and act.



In regards to felons having their 2A rights restored it does happen. As long as it's not a federal felony, a state judicial system can expunge the state's criminal record of a person.
So, if a person was convicted of a felony, but years later the court expunged that person's record. That person no longer has a felony and can vote & own firearms again.
 
If you have 500k or more, a donation to the Bush library, as did many for Clinton before he left office, will pardon your felony convictions.

Oh wait. That's not an option for the great unwashed............
 
At the same time, the people who do not have their minds made up -- and these folks are few and far between these days -- are not going to be influenced by a movie actor who gets paid to jaw with some schlub on a TV talk show.
I think there are a lot of undecided people out there, especially when it comes to something like guns. Most people who don't like guns haven't really been around them and mostly hear negative stories in the media and believe the Brady "statistics" that they read. They're not purposeful antis, they're just afraid of things they're unfamiliar with and are easily emotionally swayed. The more people they are familiar with, look up to, or even just know about who own guns and aren't criminals, the better off we all are.
 
MinMooney, perhaps I'm in the minority, I am capable of making thoughtful decisions, no need to rely on celebrity bloviation.
 
Look, it's not that his opinion should have any effect on yours, it's that it does have an effect on many other people's, so you should be happy someone so influential (deservedly or not) agrees with you.

Clear? Good. Now you can stop the high-horse, more-independent-than-thou, "why should he matter" lines.
 
american culture (read: "alot of the american public") worships film stars as gods. why else is the news filled with celebrity gossip instead of really important, news-worthy, stuff like it used to be (where is walter cronkite when you need him?!)? so if we get as many celebrities as we can over to the pro-gun side, we bring over alot of the "normal" population with them. besides, they have more media coverage/clout than we(or even politicians) do.
 
That's good to hear about Samuel Jackson.

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Define "left wing" and "right wing". Those terms don't mean anything anymore and are part of the reason we have trouble electing leaders with values we really want. I wish we could go further and do away with the two-party system, or at least redefine what "republican" and "Democrat" really mean.
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