From “First Blood” through the endless series of Rambo sequels, Sylvester Stallone has made a career out of the spray and pray method of combat. But while the characters he plays routinely leave their surroundings riddled with bullets, Stallone himself is one of Hollywood’s most anti-gun celebrities. Obviously actors are not the same people as the characters they play, but rarely are the fact and fiction as disparate as in Stallone’s case. In light of Stallone’s latest shoot-em-up flick, “The Expendables 3,” hitting theaters, here’s a highlight reel of his most egregious anti-gun activities and statements. 1. Stallone once argued that the Second Amendment was outdated and unnecessary.
2. He said that the US was living in the Dark Ages, because of the prevalence of handguns.
3. Stallone called for an assault weapons ban in 2013.
4. The actor was ranked by Guns & Ammo as one of Hollywood’s surprising anti-gun celebrities in 2012.
5. He made the NRA’s “enemies list” in 2013, alongside the likes of Michael Moore and Barbra Streisand.
“The Expendables 3” opens Friday, promising moviegoers guns, explosions and a weak dose of plot. While Stallone’s character will do his fair share of shooting, don’t confuse the character and the man.
