‘How to Get Away
with Murder’ Producer Launches Campaign to Defeat NRA
by AWR Hawkins 20 Oct 2016
How to Get Away with Murder executive producer Bill D’Elia
just launched Make US Safer, a campaign designed to defeat the NRA by raising
money for Congressional candidates who support more restrictions on the Second
Amendment.
D’Elia also produced Chicago Hope and
Boston Legal.
He said he began thinking about incorporating themes
about “the gun issue” into his projects in the late 1990s, but a phone call
received from gun
control advocate Jim Brady pushed him to do more.
In an autobiographical blurb on the Make US Safer website,
D’Elia explained how that call came about:
I asked the writers on Chicago Hope to focus on [the gun
issue] and we created a story arc where the son of one of our doctors discovers
a gun in his house and accidentally shoots his friend. After the show aired I
received a call from Jim Brady, who thanked me. And I began a pursuit to help
change the gun laws in this country.
So D’Elia launched MakeUsSafer.org to “[connect] voters
and prospective donors directly to the campaign websites” of candidates who are
running to place more restrictions on the Second Amendment. He views their
victory as the NRA’s loss and has already begun giving money to various gun
control candidates around the country.
He said, “What’s great about Make Us Safer is it allows
any American, regardless of what state they live in, to support candidates
across the country who really are looking out for our safety.” He did not
explain why he equates more gun control with more safety, especially since
states where many of our nation’s most high-profile shootings have occurred are
also states with the most stringent gun controls.
For example, California has universal background checks,
firearm registration, firearm confiscation laws, 10-day waiting periods on gun
purchases, and an ever-expanding “assault weapons” ban, among other things. Yet
it also had the San Bernardino terror attack (December 2, 2015), the
murder-suicide on UCLA’s gun-free campus (June 1, 2016), and the ambush killings
of two Palm Springs police officers (October 8, 2016). And those three
incidents are simply the most recent.
But D’Elia wants Americans to send money to candidates
who support the very kinds of gun control that we see failing in California. In
turn, those candidates can win and “fight the NRA.”
Bill D'Elia
Bill
D'Elia is an executive producer, director & writer for Chicago Hope, an executive producer
& director for Boston Legal, and
a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client.
Note: Ari Emanuel
is the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment,
and Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm I.
Emanuel is Ari Emanuel’s brother, a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, was the White House chief of
staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z
(Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Kevin Bacon
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Drew
Barrymore was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Richard
Belzer was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Benjamin
Bratt was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Betty
Buckley was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Steve Carell
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Judy Collins
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Sheryl Crow
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Billy
Crystal was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Matt Damon was
listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013, and
is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Art
Garfunkel was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Jennifer
Garner was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and married
to Ben Affleck.
Ben Affleck
is married to Jennifer Garner, and a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client.
Richard Gere
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Kathie
Lee Gifford was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Dustin
Hoffman was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Kate Hudson
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Diane Keaton
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
David E.
Kelley was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Ricki Lake
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Denis Leary
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Spike Lee
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Barry
Manilow was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Michael
Moore was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Conan
O'Brien was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Rosie
O'Donnell was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Amy Poehler
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013,
and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Debbie
Reynolds was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Britney
Spears was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Patrick
Stewart was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Dick Van
Dyke was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Reese
Witherspoon was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Barbra
Streisand was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and married
to James Brolin.
James Brolin
is married to Barbra Streisand, and was listed on the National Rifle
Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Catherine
Zeta-Jones was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013, is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and
married to Michael Douglas.
Michael
Douglas is married to Catherine Zeta-Jones, a William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment client, a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations (think tank), and was listed on the National Rifle Association
enemies list listed, 2013.
Richard
D. Parsons is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank),
and was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
George
Clooney is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank),
and was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Steven
C. Rockefeller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank), was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed,
2013, and a director at the Soros Economic Development Fund.
Richard
Dreyfuss is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank),
a governing board member for Common Cause, and was listed on the National
Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
George Soros
is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), the
founder of the Soros Economic Development Fund, the founder &
chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a friend of Michael Douglas, was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.
Abner J.
Mikva is a director at the American Constitution Society, and was
listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Common Cause, the Children's
Defense Fund, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Robin
Hood Foundation, the Harlem Children's Zone, the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the Center for International Policy, the Sundance
Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the People
for the American Way.
Maya Angelou
was a director at the Children's Defense Fund, and was listed on
the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Marian
Wright Edelman is the president of the Children's Defense Fund, a
director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a
director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was listed on the National
Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Emma
Bloomberg was a senior planning officer for the Robin Hood Foundation,
and is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter.
Michael
R. Bloomberg is Emma Bloomberg’s father, the New York (NY)
mayor, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder
of the Independence USA PAC, a
co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns,
was a contributor for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, a benefactor
for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety,
Gun Control” group for guns.
Independence
USA PAC is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Gwyneth
Paltrow is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was listed
on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Michael
D. Eisner is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was
listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Gerald M.
Levin was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
and listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Mike Farrell
is a director at the Center for International Policy, and was listed on
the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Christine
Lahti is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and was listed on the National
Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Sally Field
is a trustee emeritus at the Sundance Institute, was a trustee at the Sundance
Institute, and was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list
listed, 2013.
Kenneth D. Cole
is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and married to Maria Cuomo Cole.
Maria Cuomo Cole
is married to Kenneth D. Cole, and a
trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent
Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns, and was named for James Scott Brady.
Robert
Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance Institute, a
trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and was listed on the National
Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Alec Baldwin
is a director at the People for the American Way, and was listed on the National
Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Norman Lear
is a director at the People for the American Way, a donor for The
Climate Project, and was listed on the National Rifle Association
enemies list listed, 2013.
Jerry
Seinfeld is a donor for The Climate Project, and was listed on the National
Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Albert A.
Gore Jr. is a donor for The Climate Project, and the chairman for
the Climate Reality Project.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for People for the American Way,
the Climate Reality Project, the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is a
friend of Michael Douglas.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and an advisory
board member for Everytown for Gun
Safety.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety,
Gun Control” group for guns.
Michael
Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), married
to Catherine Zeta-Jones, a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), a
friend of George Soros, and was
listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Ted Turner
is the co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and
was married to Jane Fonda.
Jane Fonda
was married to Ted Turner, and listed on the National Rifle
Association enemies list listed, 2013.
E.J. Dionne
was listed on the National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013, and
is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Richard C. Blum
is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Dianne Feinstein
is married to Richard C. Blum, and a
U.S. Senate senator.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Rahm I.
Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago
(IL) mayor, Ari Emanuel’s brother, was the White House chief of
staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (
Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Ari Emanuel
is Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for William
Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
Jessica Alba
is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and was listed on the
National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Jessica Alba
is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and was listed on the
National Rifle Association enemies list listed, 2013.
Bill
D'Elia is a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client, an executive producer, director & writer for Chicago Hope, and an executive producer
& director for Boston Legal.
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