> I'm pretty sure guns have featured large in movie posters long before 9/11 ... I think a strong case could be made that the impact of the Western genre from

> I'm pretty sure guns have featured large in movie posters long before 9/11 ... I think a strong case could be made that the impact of the Western genre from the 50's to the 70's (I was born in the 80's so am just guessing the decades from what I have seen) is still seen in the pop culture of today. Anti heroes who live and die by the gun are common in westerns.