As reported on Businessinsider.com
by Kirsten Acuna
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Cameron Diaz is one of a few celebrities to call for tighter gun control. It was later pointed out the actress has starred in a few gun-happy movies.
Celebrities were very outspoken about gun control in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting last month.
Late December, many joined together to create a video for the “Demand a Plan” campaign.
The movement’s goal is to get Congress to pass legislation that will require gun buyers to pass criminal background checks and get military-style assault weapons off the streets.
Soon after, someone uploaded a mock video to YouTube pointing out that the very same actors and actresses backing the campaign have appeared on screen with guns.
More than 50 celebrities appear in the video including Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba, and Jamie Foxx.
Not all of the celebrities in the video have appeared in films with guns and not all of the them are actors on the big screen.
Instead, some of them are comedians and television stars, including Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman, and Conan O’Brien, who have all added the topics of guns and shootings to their arsenal of jokes.
The question posed by the video suggests celebrities endorsing gun control should also stop brandishing weapons in violent films and television shows.
Jamie Foxx appears in the video recounting the Columbine shooting in 1999.
Foxx’s latest film “Django Unchained” celebrates him as “the fastest gun in the South.”
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Jessica Alba asks how many lives it will take to make a change.
If you’ve seen “Machete,” it’s basically 105 minutes dedicated to blood shed. And, everyone from Lindsay Lohan to Alba brandishes a gun.
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Jeremy Renner recalls the Newtown shootings.
In both “The Town” and “SWAT,” Renner turns on the cops with an arsenal of guns at his disposal.
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Jon Hamm, Renner’s costar from “The Town,” also appears in the video.
Hamm plays an FBI police officer pursuing Renner’s character with a shotgun in the film.
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Reese Witherspoon asks how many more colleges will be affected before change takes place.
One of her early films, “Freeway,” shows Witherspoon drawing a gun upon a serial killer portrayed by Kiefer Sutherland.
Paul Rudd mentions the Aurora shooting that took place last July.
He plays a drug lord in comedy, action-thriller “Reno 911!: Miami.”
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Actress Amanda Peet hauntingly repeats the town name of Newtown in the video.
The actress fires off a few guns in both “The Whole Nine Yards” and its sequel “The Whole Ten Yards.”
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Cameron Diaz asks for Americans to demand a plan.
Diaz’s character in 2010’s “Knight and Day” wields a gun alongside Tom Cruise.
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More than ten years earlier Diaz’s character robs a bank and threatens lives in 1997’s “A Life Less Ordinary.”
