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Hollywood's Relationship to the NRA

Hollywood and NRA

The NRA is proud of its "Hollywood Guns" exhibit. It's the most popular of more than a dozen rooms and multiple showcases. Such Exhibit highlights the fruitful partnership between the gun industry and Hollywood, in which firearms are an integral part of life and storytelling. Some manufacturers express their success with free product placement of weapons and the effect it has on the increase of sells from weapons placed in big productions. Since 9/11, America's obsession with anything related to spies, terrorism, and war has increased. A 2015 report from The Economist concluded that "gun violence in PG-13 movies had tripled since 1985." Suggesting that the public's appetite to see guns in entertainment is on the rise.


http://features.hollywoodreporter.com/the-gun-industrys-lucrative-relationship-with-hollywood/

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