Handgun (also known as Deep in the Heart) is a 1983 American vigilante film starring Karen Young, Clayton Day, and Suzie Humphreys.

[1] Garnett had recently moved to the United States from the UK and wanted to make a film about gun violence there.

[2][3] Garnett found Karen Young in New York City, and the actors who played her parents in Boston.

"The problem was that I had made a slow, thoughtful, and I hope considered character study, and they were expecting a commercial hit—an action movie with some sexy rape scenes.

They didn’t want the competition so they bought mine, sat on it, and opened it in a few theatres before pulling the film.