Ghost Gun: Putting On Plays For Anti-Gun Propaganda

ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence is a propaganda program meant to advertise performs written by highschool college students that “address the impact of gun violence.” One of this 12 months’s performs got here to my consideration: ‘Ghost Gun’.

Here’s an outline of ‘Ghost Gun,’ the play . . .

Propelled by the urgency of his own decay and determined to be heard, BLACK BOY delivers his “villain’s monologue” – a parting speech sometimes delivered to a hero earlier than their loss of life – to his viewers held at gunpoint.

I tried to get an interview with playwright, Olivia Ridley, a New Jersey highschool scholar. Inquiries went with out response. So questions like “Why the title ‘Ghost Gun?’” went unanswered. I don’t know if her protagonist has a “ghost gun,” what kind, or if the younger woman even is aware of what one is. I extremely doubt she’s truly talking of 80-percent receivers.

Her bio says she needed to discover the nuance of the “gun violence” situation. Did addressing that nuance embrace talking with lawful gun homeowners? Does she know any?

She stated that “gun control is certainly a great place to start!” What extra gun management would she wish to see? Does she understand she already lives in probably the most heavily-regulated states? Does she have a clue as to what legal guidelines exist already?

The play’s description says its predominant character is a boy, which suggests he’s a minor. How did her character acquire his gun? As a minor he couldn’t lawfully buy a handgun in any state within the nation, so he’s already breaking current legal guidelines. How would she persuade even her own law-breaking character to obey extra “gun control” legal guidelines?

Ms. Ridley’s character is described as delivering a “villain’s monologue,” which means that he was the dangerous person of the male persuasion and will have been shot in self-defense. Does she truly see an obvious violent legal as a job mannequin to emulate, and anticipate the viewers to take his recommendation on gun management?

But principally I believe I needed to ask her if she has thought-about a play exploring a pro-gun rights perspective, in distinction to “Ghost Gun?” If she’s even conscious that such a sound viewpoint exists?

I reasonably suspect she doesn’t, and doesn’t need to, explaining why I obtained no response from her or from ENOUGH.