Rebel Wilson says America should ‘follow Australia’s example’ and restrict their gun laws to prevent more incidents like the Louisiana shooting.
The Australian actress and comic pointed out that her home country changed its own gun laws in the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre and has had no mass shootings since.
I don't like getting political but America you really have to follow Australia's example re gun laws.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) July 24, 2015
I don't remember a mass shooting in Australia since they overhauled the gun laws. It seems like every week in America there's a shooting.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) July 24, 2015
I just want people to be safe, especially people that are doing one of my favorite things in the WORLD - going out to the movies 2 have fun.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) July 24, 2015
Wilson said she didn’t often talk ‘political’ but she felt compelled to weigh in after the Louisiana shootings last week, in which a 59-year-old gunman attacked a movie theatre showing Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck.
Two women were killed and nine others were injured before the shooter killed himself.
Response to Wilson’s thoughts on the issue were mixed. Some people, including Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Titus Burgess, praised her for speaking out on a complex issue.
@RebelWilson couldn't agree more!
— Marine Zograbyan (@TAINTEDLUVV) July 24, 2015
@RebelWilson I don't understand how this is not THE TOP ISSUE behind national security and yet I do
— Tituss Burgess (@TitussBurgess) July 24, 2015
While others condemned her for getting involved in something she didn’t know much about.
@RebelWilson wouldn't have changed the Lafayette shooting much. Shooter obtained the weapon legally, simply had extremist political views
— Patrick Hasselbeck (@P_Hasselbeck) July 24, 2015
@RebelWilson Stick to comedy. It's funny for you to be stupid in movies not politics.
— Adrian (@BAMBOOZER806) July 24, 2015
Following the Port Arthur massacre, Australia banned semi-automatic and automatic rifles as well as shotguns.
The National Rifle Association has called the Australian ban on firearms ‘Orwellian’, claiming “Australian people paid a massive price in liberty” in doing so.
When asked what she considered the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis to be, Wilson said it was an act of terrorism, not a massacre.
