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Samuel L. Jackson takes a surprising position on gun control

Dec. 19, 2012 9:57am Meredith Jessup

While many politicians, pundits and outspoken celebrities are taking a firm stand in favor of increased gun control in the wake of last week’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn., actor Samuel L. Jackson is taking a position that might surprise you.

“I don’t think it’s about more gun control,” said Samuel L. Jackson, who stars as a conniving house slave in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming revenge fantasy “Django Unchained.” “I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren’t taught the value of life.”

Parents and role models who emphasize that value, he said, will accomplish more than legislators reducing the number of firearms.

I actually couldn’t agree more.

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Jinxie
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:19pm
Hmmm, parents and role models emphasizing the value of live….what a novel idea.

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pakaeboiboi
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:13pm
yeahh ….. slaves don’t own guns !!!!!

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drivendouglas
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:17am
This is a moral & social issue that affects HIS rights for a change. So, he does what every other Liberal does; he accepts truth and common sense, to which everyone responds, “Ooh! look how insightful and intelligent he is!”
He’s just a bigot with double-standards who likes to own a gun. Once he realizes he is untouchable and won’t HAVE to follow the new gun laws, trust me, he will flip like a Republican on the day after election.
And to think ageorge let THIS GUY be Mace Windu…

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ldaopines
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:34am
For once I agree with Jackson. I wish he’d take a more active role in the black community about the parenting and role models he talks about. When you are born to a single mother with 4 siblings from different absentee fathers, there are few opportunities for values discussions.

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beowulf32
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 11:27pm
Today all school`s need armed security even schools that only have 100 student`s in a town of 1800 way out in the boonies. And all the bulling that goes on in the inter cities im surprized that that there has not been alot more, with the way the black children treat white kids.

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ajfkdem
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 8:52pm
Good lord, intelligence from Hollywood? Whodathunkit?

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smv803
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 8:29pm
Sometimes he seems so logical, and other times, doesn’t make any sense at all. Does this man sound like the type of person that would vote for a guy just because he’s black? No! Yet that’s exactly what he did.

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JimmyP
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 7:01pm
Hey knuckle-head, stick to acting, OK. Yep, you are right on the money about the culture of death right here, right now, so why so you support the murder of innocent children thru abortion?

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Kiba
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 6:20pm
His stance doesnt surprise me at all simply because he is a typical hipocritical two-faced liberal, he happens to own a gun so now they are ok with him but if you believe in God he thinks your a fool and if you disagree with anything he or Obama says he thinks your a racist and the usual on and ons. Like I said, Im not surprised one single bit.

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tharpdevenport
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 6:03pm
I gues nobody taugh Jaackon about the value of lives of people in the republican party; he didn’t seem to give a crap about lthe value of liveswhen he Tweeted he didn’t understand God’s plan for he hurricane not striking the GOP convention in south Florida.

I guess some lives are of lesser value tha others, more specifically ones who have their heads politically screwed on more poperly.

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HipJipC
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:05pm
I agree with him to a point. But those who are born with no conscience, the voice inside that tells you what you are doing is wrong (especially mass murder!!), then simply teaching them the value of life won’t do a damn bit of good … it means nothing to them. We need better ways of determining whether or not someone has a conscience. Measure their propensity for sympathy and empathy. At a young age see how they act with other children and with animals. The signs are there from the beginning but how many people really want to admit that “their” child is a soulless, heartless, unconscionable monster. Ignorance and denial are bigger enemies to the human race than any gun or weapon could ever be!

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- smv803
  Posted on December 19, 2012 at 8:35pm
  That little voice you speak of is called the Holy Spirit. Now before anyone attacks, Let me remind you we all have the free will to do or not to. We make that call in every instance.
  
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Graham1938
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 3:24pm
Jackson’s right – as far as he goes. and that’s only part way.
It is about up-bringing, values and all of that – but it’s not ALL about that.
It’s not ALL about gun-control, but it is partially about gun-control.

It’s not about any one specific thing, and won’t be corrected by one specific action. These things and more must be attacked.

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brliso
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 3:00pm
Unfortunately everything this moron says will be taken with a grain of salt. He has spent so much time making half the country hate him that he will never be believed. For example when I hear him say this I tend to believe that he is concerned that the Black Panthers will get disarmed. Sorry, Sam, I don’t trust you. Hell I don’t even like you.

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TheePolitinator
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 2:02pm
Trying to save his a$ $ is all this is. He and his Hollyweird out of touch cronies helped get this Nation to where it is. You’re a day late a dollar short moron.

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CitizenSoldier
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 1:04pm
Good going Sam. Never thought he had the depth to understand the greater nature of mankind and the responsibility of the privileges that an American enjoys.

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geomann
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:56pm
I’m kind of surprised he would make a statement like that, given the movie he just made. I really think movies and video games desensitize us to death and murder. Combine that with the elimination of Judeo-Christian values and the availability of guns (or any number of objects that could be used as weapons) and you have the recipe for disaster.

The right to keep and bear arms is necessary for the protection of our freedoms, and violent entertainment falls under free speech. That makes Godly values VERY important to hold our society together (duh). That is where we need to focus our efforts if we are to keep mass killings from happening over and over again.

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- pinostabaum
  Posted on December 19, 2012 at 7:50pm
  so the left wants to ban guns and the right wants to ban movies… bleedin’ statists.
  
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tenndoug911
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 12:38pm
Even a racist like Samuel L can be right once in a while. My dad always said “even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while” not to imply Samuel L is a hog.

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Stelex
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 11:59am
Broken clocks and all that…….he’s still a nutjob, never give him another dime.

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bonesiii
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 11:36am
Amen, Sam. Sadly it’s the left that most actors (perhaps pretend to :P) support that has promoted that ignorance. :(

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MrSunshine
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 10:32am
Wow! S.L. Jackson just made a coherent and well reasoned statement without his usual racist commentary. Wow!

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