GUN COMEDY (2023)

Gun Comedy isn't a documentary about guns, it's a documentary about people who've shot guns. Gun Comedy documents a suicide survivor, a firearms instructor and her student, an active shooter expert, a competitive shooter, an anonymous gun owner conflicted by a need for change, a shooting survivor, a hunter. Gun Comedy is about violence, trauma, men and women, disability, adaptive technology, suicide and mental health, self-reliance, perseverance. Due to sensitive topics, viewer discretion is advised. All filming, sound, editing, trailers and concepts by Karlos Rene Ayala. Gun Comedy was made possible through a grant from the Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment of the Arts.