The crime of gun? Or the crime of not having a gun?

Sammy 2022-03-16 09:01:02

There are 550 million arms in the world, which means that every 12 people have 1 gun.
The only question is how do we let the other 11 people also have guns.

This is the beginning of the film.
Two words on the bullets all over the floor.
Two very profound sentences.

Is the crime because of the gun?
I do not think so.
The gun sellers just sell the guns, they don't sell the idea of ​​sin, and they don't sell the idea of ​​oppression, massacre, or genocide.
The sin is in those thoughts, not in the gun.

Maybe you would say that without a gun, evil will not run rampant.
But history has never said that.
History tells us that as long as there are weak people who cannot protect themselves, evil will run wild.
With or without guns.

So the only way to exterminate evil is to give weapons to the weak.
Only when the weak are given the means to protect themselves, will the evil converge.
Give the sheep sharp claws, and the wolf will retreat.
Let the other 11 people also have guns.

There are 550 million arms in the world, which means that every 12 people have 1 gun.
The only question is how do we let the other 11 people also have guns.

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  • Eliezer 2021-10-20 19:02:21

    I love this movie~ It's too humanistic... Especially in the middle, the plane can be taken down overnight, oh my god, it's too ostentatious...

  • Opal 2021-10-20 19:02:22

    It was not until the end that the main reason why the arms dealers were overbearing was not because I was really rich, nor was it because I knew the gangsters who were hooded, or even because my uncle was a general of the former Soviet Union and there were so many weapons to sell; It's that these superpowers want to use weapons to spread killings in order to occupy other small countries, while at the same time pretending to be a glamorous image of peace lovers, so they can only send people like the protagonist to come forward to do business. The title "Life of a Bullet" is very cool. The technical aspects of the film are very good and I don't think it is used too much. The overall style is ridiculous and satirical, and may be more serious (for example, you can make the subject clear earlier). Ethan Hawke is so handsome.

Lord of War quotes

  • Simeon Weisz: [to Yuri sitting across from each other after dinner] The problem with gun runners going to war, is that there is no shortage of ammunition.

  • Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists.