229: Taking Steps to Show Gun Safety on Screen

Writer, producer, and director Matt Nix(True Lies, the Good Guys, Burn Notice) shares his unique perspective on Brady's "Show Gun Safety" campaign, and how Hollywood can be a change-driver by encapsulating messages of responsible gun ownership within captivating (and realistic) storylines. With JJ, Matt breaks down how crafting narratives on responsible gun ownership and gun safety messages isn't impossible, how more folks want a John Wick gun safe than you might think, and how storytelling isn't hampered with a fight for social good.

Further reading:
Hollywood Actors, Directors, Creators Discuss Gun Safety (Brady)
Gun Guidelines for the Media (Hollywood Health and Society)
Brady Organization Calls On Hollywood To Examine Onscreen Gun Violence; Hundreds Of Writers, Producers & Directors Sign Pledge (Deadline)
'Yellowstone' and Hollywood's Quiet Pivot to Showing Gun Safety Onscreen(the Ankler)
House Roundtable: ‘Hollywood Has Been Due for a Reckoning’(Variety)