Product Description
"The Second Amendment is so simple. It's an absolute tragedy that the question exists. What does it mean? Keep and bear arms means they're mine. You can't have them. I've got some on me right now. And they're loaded!" - Ted Nugent
The Newtown school shooting. The Aurora theater shooting. The Tucson supermarket shooting.
Are visceral reactions to tragedies trumping the words of our forefathers? Should we allow fear and the growing concern over public safety to limit our civil liberties?
Dead Patriot Films presents "Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire," a documentary that brings audiences to the center of the controversy over the issue that is dividing our nation - gun control. Narrated by Ice-T, a critically acclaimed rapper and actor, the film takes a critical look at current gun laws and the rising movement to restrict the rights guaranteed by our Second Amendment.
With the original intention of empowering a citizen's ability to defend itself against a corrupt or tyrannical government, the concept today may seem far-fetched or the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. However, it has happened throughout U.S. history. And long before gun control was positioned as a "common sense measure" to combat violence, it was used as a means to oppress certain minority groups. Presently, the growing trend in gun control favors the wealthy and privileged, who leverage their connections to ensure their Second Amendment rights and safety, while those of lesser means struggle.
Informative and emotionally charged, "Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire" is an eye-opening look at the genesis of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, leading the audience to rethink the issues surrounding gun control, and the effect on civil rights and liberty.
After all, what you don't know can kill you.
Editorial Review
"Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire' is unmistakably and unabashedly pro-gun ownership, but surprisingly non-shrill and sobersided as it builds its case against what documaker Kris Koenig clearly sees as unnecessary, if not unconstitutional, government restrictions on firearms. Pic likely won't reach beyond its presumed target audience of ticketbuyers already in sync with its underlying message, but it could attract a more diverse viewership, and perhaps even change a few minds." - Variety
About the Executive Producer
Kris Koenig is managing partner of Dead Patriot Films, Inc. and is an expert in camera work, interviewing, lighting, writing and production management. In 2005, he won two Emmy Awards for the 10-hour PBS telecourse "Astronomy: Observations and Theories," for Instructional Programming and Outstanding Non-news Writing. Koenig decided to take on the 2nd Amendment after producing a film on urban gangs infiltrating rural California and witnessing the intersecting paths of civil rights and public safety in our society. He is also an avid gun collector and enjoys hunting, clay and competitive pistol shooting. He has four grown children and, in his free time, manages one of the only community observatories in the nation, the Chico Community Observatory.
Product Details
- Executive Producer: Kris Koenig
- Actors: Ice-T, Ted Nugent
- Format: NTSC
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Dead Patriot Films
- DVD Release Date: October 15, 2013
- Run Time: 80 minutes
- Language: English
