Los Angeles: 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."
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.
"It's a difficult thing and I really feel bad for thosefamilies. I'm a father and it's just a tragedy."
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