Gun Fight (TV Movie 2011)

Gun Fight: Directed by Barbara Kopple. With John Aquilino Sr., Jillian Bandes, Glenn Beck, Larry Beyah. In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting, Oscar winner Barbara Kopple takes an in depth look at the issue of gun rights and gun control. She interviews both gun and anti-gun advocates in an effort to shed some light on this not-quite black-and-white issue.

“The show presents both ends of a complex issue. For some reason there doesnu0026#39;t seem to be a middle ground. I found it very interesting and extremely ironic that the white NRA guy who always kept a gun at his fingertips inside his house and outside his house had exactly the same outlook on personal safety as the two Philly ghetto dwelling African Americans who also carried guns and kept guns readily available inside and out. A statement by the NRA guy really stands out in my mind: itu0026#39;s better to have a gun and not need it than to need one and not have it. Thereu0026#39;s a sort of irrefutable common sense logic to that statement.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFrankly I expected another foaming at the mouth anti-gun diatribe but that isnu0026#39;t what this is about. Both ends of the issue are presented by the various adherents. The thing is, if you respect the constitutionu0026#39;s second amendment as well as the Supreme Court ruling supporting it then all the anti-gun hysteria seems really pretty dumb. I guess the anti-gun nuts like the Brady bunch just need the money they get to pay for their nice offices and salaries.”