Jamie Lee Curtis responds to Fox News over use of guns in ‘Halloween’

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• Jamie Lee Curtis responded to Fox News after it criticized
  her for using guns in the new “Halloween” movie despite
  advocating for gun control.
• Curtis told USA Today that she supported the Second Amendment
  but also common-sense gun laws.
• She said that she insisted to the filmmakers that her
  character, Laurie Strode, would only use guns for self-defense
  and would keep them locked away.
• “I am an actor for hire,” she said. “And honestly, if I had
  made my career as a pacifist actor, I would never have worked,
  ever.”

 

Fox News was mocked on Wednesday after it
criticized actress Jamie Lee
Curtis for using guns in the upcoming “Halloween” movie even
though she is a gun-control advocate. Curtis responded to the
criticism on Thursday in an interview with USA Today.

Curtis said that she supported both the Second Amendment and
common-sense gun laws. 

“I fully support the Bill of Rights. And fully support the
Second Amendment,” Curtis said. “And have absolutely no problem
with people owning firearms if they have been trained, licensed,
a background check has been conducted, a pause button has been
pushed to give time for that process to take place. And they have
to renew their license just like we do with
automobiles – which are weapons also.”

Curtis implied that her philosophy was applied to her
character, Laurie Strode, and that she insisted that Strode would
not only use sensible weapons for self-defense purposes, but keep
them locked away and out of reach of others.

“I think there were myriad types of firearms that could
have been used in the movie,” she said. “I was very clear with
the filmmakers that she used the weapons intended for
self-defense for her and her family.”

She added that, as an actress, there are obviously going to
be times when she has to play characters who use weapons in
films.

“I’m an actress who’s in slasher films,”
Curtis said. “I have to be responsible for my own
personal choices in my own personal life. But I am an actor for
hire. And honestly, if I had made my career as a pacifist actor,
I would never have worked, ever. But I have always been proud to
represent women who fight back and fight back with intelligence,
cunning and creativity, and who fight for their lives and their
families’ lives.”

“Halloween” comes to theaters October 19.