Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

October 26, 2005

The Sacrifices Made for Art

The new James Bond, Daniel Craig, has a confession to make:

[H]e revealed in OK! magazine: "I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other.

"That's a simple fact. I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess. It was on a shoot and it scared me. Bullets have a nasty habit of finding their target and that's what's scary about them."

What I always find amusing about those who say they "hate guns" is that you never hear them saying they "hate" those who use them. And no, I'm not talking about cops or soldiers here, or even those who use them in self defense. I'm talking about people who use guns with criminal intent. Where is the outrage about them?

Get a clue: Guns don't kill people, people kill people. And even if every gun on this Earth magically disappeared this moment, do you think that no one would ever get murdered again? Please! If someone wants to kill someone else, he'll use whatever's handy--a gun, a knife, a rock, a rope, a car, a pillow, poison, his bare hands--almost anything can be turned into a weapon by someone with murder on his mind.

But Craig's fear of guns obviously isn't getting in the way of his making money...er, his art. After all, principles don't pay the bills.

(P.S. No one can hold a candle to Sean Connery as Bond, either in looks or charisma. I think Daniel Craig is creepy looking.)

UPDATE: Kitty over at Kitty Litter posted an interesting piece on Hollywood hotshots who are publicly "anti-gun" but own guns themselves. Check it out!