# Why not an anti-NRA lobby? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-an-anti-nra-lobby/801061 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [November 8, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-an-anti-nra-lobby/801061 "2017-11-08T16:59:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 33
### Author: ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck) #### Post date: [November 12, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-an-anti-nra-lobby/801061/33 "2017-11-12T05:23:04Z")
A lot of Hollywood stars are pro gun control but they look like major hypocrites when they 1. have armed bodyguards and 2. act in movies where their characters are shooting guns. I think it was Tom Selleck who shut up Rosie Odonell by pointing out she had armed security after she slammed him on his pro gun stance. On a related note once on a local call-in tv show where the topic was gun control I shut up the host by pointing out she lived in a safe gated community in the suburbs and even her gun control guest admitted that living in a dangerous area of the city might warrant a gun for protection. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-an-anti-nra-lobby/801061)._