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Battle of the Late-Middle-Aged Shoot-em-up Stars

by Josh Marshall
02.06.13 | 7:01 am
Bruce Willis, left, in 'Die Hard' (1988) and Sylvester Stallone in 'Rambo: First Blood Part II' (1985)

Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone are both hawking hyper-violent action movies turn out to be on opposite sides of the gun control debate.

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