Why GUNS and CAMERAS have so much in common?

“It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.” ― Alfred Hitchcock Pop culture teaches us guns are “cool”; first-person shooter videogames and action movies are among top-grossing entertainment options, toy guns are still popular among children, and guns were the reason I got started in film. THUMB: Jason Siegel’s “SHOOT PORTRAITS NOT PEOPLE“ Mini-Uzi. “Guns May Kill, But Cameras Bring Out Violence“ by Max Rottersman “In Plato’s Cave“ by Susan Sontag “The Camera as ’Gun’: Two Decades of Culture and Resistance In Latin America“ by Julianne Burton Carvajal “DORYU 2-16 is the Subminiature Camera You Probably Didn’t Know About“