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Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA
The Impact of Guns on America
Since 2004, when he made Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, Robert Greenwald has become a vital and dogged investigator whose no-nonsense approach with its accent on digging up the profit motive is reflected in his titles: Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, Koch Brothers Exposed, and the eye-opening and influential Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price.
Greenwald’s new film, Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA, is a look at how money is the secret motivator behind American gun culture. It is a crucially underreported story — at least, if you compare it to the media’s focus on the gun-control debate, or to the drumbeat of nightly news tragedy that can be linked to the American obsession with firearms. Overall, gun companies from Smith & Wesson to Glock have given $20 million to the NRA, essentially funding the organization, which is why the NRA, before it’s anything else, is a corporate lobbying group.
Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and The NRA tells the stories of how guns, and the billions made off of them, affect the lives of everyday Americans. It features personal stories from people across the country who have been affected by gun violence, including survivors and victims’ families. The film exposes how the powerful gun companies and the NRA resist responsible legislation for the sake of profit – and thereby put people in danger.
The film looks into what we can do to put an end to this profit-driven crisis. Through this film and campaign, Brave New Films will work with partners to fight for a country where public safety is more valued than profit.
www.bravenewfilms.org/makingakilling
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