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Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA

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This documentary tells the stories of how guns, and the billions of dollars made off from 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 and exposes how the powerful gun companies and the NRA are resisting responsible legislation for the sake of profit -- and thereby putting people in danger.
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Ken Jaworowski New York Times "Making a Killing" generates a disgust that can't be shaken. Aug 18, 2016 Full Review Daphne Howland Village Voice In the end ... Making a Killing feels oddly static, like any fact-dense sermon to the choir. Aug 17, 2016 Full Review Noel Murray Los Angeles Times While anecdotes aren't the same as evidence, it's hard not to be moved by the first-person accounts of ordinary people in "Making a Killing." Aug 11, 2016 Full Review Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Docu advocates for gun control; tragedy, violence, grief. Rated: 3/5 Nov 8, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Liberal leftist propaganda film. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/26/19 Full Review Audience Member A must for all Americans to watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Our only alternative to living in a society where everybody is armed to defend themselves from everybody being armed is universally global mutual & total disarmament. The guns themselves is in deed an issue & in too many cases the only issue as to why there is any instance of needless death & destruction. Any society not constantly laying down their arms is constantly picking them up. Let us choose wisely to loose our arms & not our lives. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member An overwhelming one sided look at gun violence. Set to villify the NRA and gun companies that employ hundreds of thousands of people of the USA. In the previous eight years the media has always brought news of gun violence because the news media in general much like whoever put this film together is biased. There are a lot of facts and numbers thrown out but many are hollow or misleading. Gun safety and locks around children was probably the most important point put forward. Pretty much everything else was window dressing saying, "Guns are bad." While the events they highlight are unfortunate the rest is just liberal propaganda. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Frances H A documentary every person in the United States should have to see. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/04/17 Full Review Audience Member Like all good causes there's the inevitable step overboard that dilutes the message. This movie is 75% that step, the other 25% reasonable discourse. Most of that 25% is spent on irrelevancies in victims' personal lives. The problem with the movie is, it's a mix between a drama and a documentary. It could've been one or the other and the message would've been better conveyed, though the random statistics appearing in trendy font throughout the movie confuses the moments with the drama, and vice versa. The combination gives the impression the creators were trying too hard and it shows with the rushed stats having to be tacked on to the random stories. The stats aren't even explained, no logistics or correlational studies, no nothing that can substantiate the WHY the statistics are important. The stats shown are also primarily about the income of big gun sellers, the NRA, and NRA members, which aren't at all relevant to how people die because of guns. It gives the impression that the creators are wanting to trick audience members into thinking that they are all conspiring with each other by paying each other and supporting each other, as if that's a bad thing. The NRA in general is painted as this evil organization, and yet there was literally no reason why they were bad except that the movie said they were so then they must be bad. Anyway, the primary legislation that this movie didn't and should've focused on are background checks and purchasing limits. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis This documentary tells the stories of how guns, and the billions of dollars made off from 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 and exposes how the powerful gun companies and the NRA are resisting responsible legislation for the sake of profit -- and thereby putting people in danger.
Director
Robert Greenwald
Producer
Robert Greenwald, Jim Miller
Production Co
Brave New Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 43m
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