Bruce Willis has said he's staunchly opposed to the new laws. (Image: AP)
Highlights
- Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has spoken out against the new gun-control laws, brushing off link between onscreen and real-life violence.
- The Die Hard star has said he's staunchly opposed to the new laws, discounting a perceived theory that violent films influence real-life shoot-outs while warning against the potential erosion of civil rights that such laws may engender, reported E! Online.
- "No one commits a crime because they saw a film. There's nothing to support that. We're not making movies about people that have gone berserk, or gone nuts. Those kind of movies wouldn't last very long at all," Bruce Willis said.
- The 57-year-old star said he remains deeply empathetic toward families of victims of horrific mass shootings in the wake of tragedies like the one in Newtown.
- "It's a difficult thing and I really feel bad for those families. I'm a father and it's just a tragedy."
Hollywood actor Bruce Willis hasspoken out against the new gun-control laws, brushing off linkbetween onscreen and real-life violence.
The Die Hard star has said he's staunchly opposed to thenew laws, discounting a perceived theory that violent filmsinfluence real-life shoot-outs while warning against thepotential erosion of civil rights that such laws may engender,reported E! Online.
"No one commits a crime because they saw a film. There'snothing to support that. We're not making movies about peoplethat have gone berserk, or gone nuts. Those kind of movieswouldn't last very long at all," Bruce Willis said.
The 57-year-old star said he remains deeply empathetictoward families of victims of horrific mass shootings in thewake of tragedies like the one in Newtown.
"It's a difficult thing and I really feel bad for thosefamilies. I'm a father and it's just a tragedy."