Give Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam Their Guns Back !!!

The Issue

The decision to censor the use of firearms from ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' is as foolish as it gets, especially since firearms were heavily featured in ''The Looney Tunes Show'' from 2012, ''Wabbit'' from 2015 and every other iteration of Looney Tunes prior to ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' This fact alone would make it seem very odd as the same ''gun violence'' debate as Pete Browngardt put it has been around since around the 1980s and not a single fan of cartoons has had a problem with it.

Certain characters are defined by firearms, removing firearms from a character like Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd is the equivalent of removing Bugs Bunny's carrot. Even worse, no reputable data exists proving any kind of link between cartoony violence and any effect on children in the real world https://www.geneseo.edu/~kirsh/vita/AVB360.pdf Firearms in Looney Tunes are on par with TNT, hammers and anvils, they are such an essential part that EXCLUDING them is more of a statement than INCLUDING them simply because of how important they are to Looney Tunes. Not only that but because children will still watch OLD cartoons, they will still witness the use of firearms in Looney Tunes. Not only is that the case but said older cartoons are still airing and WILL still air because people consider them better than the new ones because of A a lack of censorship, and B the animation, you had a terrific opportunity to air near theatrical quality cartoons on your network, but your squandered said opportunity by censoring said cartoons.

The ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' that I've seen so far have been fairly violent anyhow, explain how it's wrong to show someone using a gun but right to show someone getting run over by a car, falling off a cliff, getting blown up, etc.The ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' that I've seen so far have been fairly violent anyhow, explain how it's wrong to show someone using a gun but right to show someone getting run over by a car, falling off a cliff, getting blown up, etc. The ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' that I've seen so far have been fairly violent anyhow, how is it wrong to show someone using a gun but right to show someone getting run over by a car, falling off a cliff, getting blown up, etc. Without guns Looney Tunes just aren't Looney Tunes.

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The Issue

The decision to censor the use of firearms from ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' is as foolish as it gets, especially since firearms were heavily featured in ''The Looney Tunes Show'' from 2012, ''Wabbit'' from 2015 and every other iteration of Looney Tunes prior to ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' This fact alone would make it seem very odd as the same ''gun violence'' debate as Pete Browngardt put it has been around since around the 1980s and not a single fan of cartoons has had a problem with it.

Certain characters are defined by firearms, removing firearms from a character like Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd is the equivalent of removing Bugs Bunny's carrot. Even worse, no reputable data exists proving any kind of link between cartoony violence and any effect on children in the real world https://www.geneseo.edu/~kirsh/vita/AVB360.pdf Firearms in Looney Tunes are on par with TNT, hammers and anvils, they are such an essential part that EXCLUDING them is more of a statement than INCLUDING them simply because of how important they are to Looney Tunes. Not only that but because children will still watch OLD cartoons, they will still witness the use of firearms in Looney Tunes. Not only is that the case but said older cartoons are still airing and WILL still air because people consider them better than the new ones because of A a lack of censorship, and B the animation, you had a terrific opportunity to air near theatrical quality cartoons on your network, but your squandered said opportunity by censoring said cartoons.

The ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' that I've seen so far have been fairly violent anyhow, explain how it's wrong to show someone using a gun but right to show someone getting run over by a car, falling off a cliff, getting blown up, etc.The ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' that I've seen so far have been fairly violent anyhow, explain how it's wrong to show someone using a gun but right to show someone getting run over by a car, falling off a cliff, getting blown up, etc. The ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' that I've seen so far have been fairly violent anyhow, how is it wrong to show someone using a gun but right to show someone getting run over by a car, falling off a cliff, getting blown up, etc. Without guns Looney Tunes just aren't Looney Tunes.

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Petition created on June 7, 2020