"“I’d like the public to walk away and look at gun control not as a mechanical device issue, but look at it as a civil rights issue,” he said. “It is part of the Bill of Rights — it’s part of our natural rights as human beings to have the ability to have self-defense, and yet our lawmakers have looked over that civil right and are willing to embrace restrictions in the name of votes.” His pointed statements about the matter likely won’t resonate among those on the far left or individuals opposed to current gun rights, but regardless, Koenig claims that he wants Americans to take a more critical approach to examining the issue. As for the focus on mass shootings that has been at the center of the gun debate of late, Koenig said that some of the most common and rampant instances of gun violence are often ignored by politicians. “There’s over 20 children killed every weekend in Chicago and nobody seem to care — so we do bring that out. We do talk about the hypocrisy,” he said of the film’s focus. “We’re not dealing with the gang issue in this country. There are no Senate hearings on gangs.”"
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:32:48 +0000
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