Over 200 A-listers — including directors Adam McKay, Judd Apatow and producer Shonda Rhimes — have initialed an open letter regarding weapons shown in cinema.
The organization is a gun-safety lobby launched in 1981 after Jim Brady, Ronald Reagan’s White House Press Secretary, was shot by a gunman who was attempting to assassinate the former president.
Shondaland producers and showrunners Shonda Rhimes, Chris Van Dusen and Krista Vernoff all signed the Brady United petition.The petition does not ask Hollywood to rid of guns and gun violence on TV and film completely, but for creatives to be “mindful” of onscreen weapons and how they are depicted. The organization also laid out some ground rules and suggestions to illustrate firearms wisely on the silver screen.
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