I am not sure who the bigger dip$#!t is. Sean Penn for destroying 65 guns or Anderson Cooper for paying 1.4 million for it.
Sean Penn: I Don't Miss My Gun Collection
Sean Penn: I Don't Miss My Gun Collection
"My dad was a big guy, tall, skinny legs, big belly," Theron told Sawyer. "[He] could be very serious but loved to laugh as well, and enjoyed life. He also had a disease. He was an alcoholic."
Theron says her father never physically abused her, but concedes "he was a verbal abuser."
On the night of June 21, 1991, Theron's father and his brother were returning home after a bout of drinking. An aunt called to warn of his agitation. "Nature gives you instinct. And I knew something bad was going to happen," Theron said.
When he arrived home, her father began shooting, first at the locked gate to the home, then through the kitchen door, according to her mother's later testimony. He began banging angrily on the door of Charlize's bedroom, saying, according to the testimony, "Tonight I'm going to kill you both with the shotgun."
"The terrible thing is that everybody in South Africa has a gun … You know, but that's just the lifestyle there. And those things are handy; terrible things happen," Theron said.
"You shouldn't have those things around because when people get irrational and emotional and drunk, terrible things can happen."
After his threat, Theron's father fired his gun again — into her room. Her mother grabbed her own handgun and shot the two men, killing her husband and wounding his brother.
According to Theron's sworn statement to police, she asked her mom: "What happened?" The answer: "Charlize, I shot them … I shot them."
Her father was dead, but Theron says there was no doubt about her feelings about what her mother had done. "I know what happened," she said. "And I know that if my daughter was in the same situation, I would do the same thing."
$1.4 million for 65 guns works out to about $21500 and some change each. Not sure what he had in his collection but I would probably do it and just start a new collection - Maybe 2.
I can understand why she wouldn't want guns around. Especially with Penn's history of substance abuse and irrationality.