<Planet of the Apes, revisited:

In explaining what happened to human civilization, Charlton Heston’s character, Thade's father (referred to as Dr. Zaius by Tim Burton and the fans), removes a gun from a collection of human artifacts and hands it to his son, Thade, played by Tim Roth.

“What you hold in your hand is proof of man’s power -- against which our strength means nothing. It has the force of 100 spears. I warn you, man’s ingenuity goes hand-in-hand with their cruelty. No creature is as devious, or violent.”

Tongue-in-cheek anti-gun speech from the head spokesman of the National Rifleman’s Association? Not at all:

“The gist of it was that, although apes are stronger, man’s inventiveness will enable him to triumph over the apes by inventing guns.”
-- Charlton Heston, quoted from The Columbus Dispatch, People section, 8/8/01.

The real "Planet Of The Apes" (1968), with Charlton Heston capturing a future role --Maurice Evans?
;^)

Dan