A well known Hollywood actress has been criticized for trying to lobby the U.S. Government to introduce gun control measures on August 5.
Scream Queens Lead Actor Jamie Lee Curtis gets slammed on social media. That’s after repeatedly posting her personal view that U.S. Congress should prohibit assault weapons.
The move prompted former White House Aide Sebastian Gorka to criticize what he thought to be ironic about Curtis’ role in supporting a violent and cruel film industry.
Curtis made the remarks after two mass shootings happened in two different parts of the nation. Connor Betts, 24, reportedly opened fire on crowds of people outside of Ned Peppers in downtown Dayton, Ohio on August 4. The tragedy killed nine people, including Betts’ sister Megan Betts, 22, and injured at least 27 others.
The shooting came just hours after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in which 22 people died, and 26 more were wounded. A 21-year-old suspect in that shooting has already been arrested.
Gorka’s argument gravitates around several gun-wielding screenshots from movies. They show that Curtis has no moral dilemma about carrying, pointing, and even firing different types of guns.
Curtis also appears to have a line of action figures hefting a range of weapons, including a shotgun, rifle, pistol, and dagger.
Curtis’ social media posts also contain content that could be considered to promote violent thinking.
The actress also has no qualms with spreading imagery of someone firing an arrow.
There are other theories about what causes mass shootings. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is concerned. He suggests there may be subliminal factors in video games that could make it more appealing to resolve personal problems through a mass shooting.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) shares these concerns and urges authorities to “condemn” video games for the “evil” it propagates.
The alleged El Paso shooter has released a manifesto on the internet that discusses his desire to live out his “super-soldier fantasy,” according to Patrick.
“What are we as a nation to say—that we’re going to tolerate and allow a website that lets killers post their manifesto before—and to be posted after the act?” he said. “We have to take a long look at who we are as a nation and where we want to go and what we’re going to tolerate from social media and from video games.”
He does not believe the guns themselves are evil and suggests violent video games are spreading a kind of demonic force.
“This was maybe a video to this evil demon—a video game to him,” he said. “We’ve always had guns; we’ve always had evil … I see a video game industry that teaches young people to kill.”
