Sons of Guns
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I have been in the retail gun business for over thirty years. I find this show to be an embaressment. The impression that they give people who are not knowledgable about firearms, is that this company is the innovator of all type of gun engineering. Never maind that much of new and improved has been industry standard for years. Never mind that much of what they do requires months of federal background checks and the paying of hundreds of dollars in fees.
I for one no longer will watch this program.
I for one no longer will watch this program.
SmilingOtter
Master Member
I caught tonight's episode. I liked the modernized Thompson, but the guy's attempt to combine a machete with a katana was more than a little silly.
It strikes me to be the same stuff as all the shows on Discovery and History. They find a bunch of guys who are roughnecks and probably couldn't hold down any other jobs and tape them. I agree this show will give folks the idea what they can go out and get all this high end arsenal stuff like it's going to get a rifle at walmart. I'm not all that sure i'd trust them with that stunt rocket launcher for the reenactors they made. Better off just making a prop one and using the squib rounds like they use for civil war stuff.
Russ257
Sr Member
They arent doing anything all that inovative. Their supressors are not that quiet. They seem to really lack some gun safety/ commone sense. I.E lighting fields on fire with tracers, only wearing foam ear plugs with a .50cal, shooting 37mm flares off in the parking lot. The show rarely explains that the guys buying 10 crazy guns at a time are dealers. Normal people have a 3-6 month wait and along with a background check and a 200 dollar tax. It is a typical reality show. I think the show actually sets the firearms cause back because the anti's will percieve it as fact that every gun person is a crazy redneck.
Sad thing is half the rednecks i know take gun safety so serious it'll make the ATF guys look careless. I bet it was created by anti gun folks who chose these guys for a reason.
I stopped watching it after last week. Like people have said they keep acting like they are the innovators or a particular technology and they aren't. They acted like they were a genius for the suppressed AK when it was obvious how to do it. Plus I'm sure Kalashnikov has already been there and done that.
I can't believe i'm saying this but all these "reality" shows make me miss sitcoms.
KenKenobi2
Sr Member
I am worn out of the impression that this type of show leaves. I characterize shooting as a highly disciplined martial art. Why? Because in my world, and in the world of those who trained me, it is and will be.
That does not mean it cannot be fun, it means that engaging in shooting/firearms use requires respect. The so-called vilified "redneck" shooters that get hung out to dry in the popular press are some of the most centered, disciplined people I know.
I am all for the fun part, but this show is a cartoon. :thumbsdown
Solo4114
Master Member
I'm not an avid shooter, but I have to say, after having gone shooting this past summer, I have a HUGE amount of respect for firearms as lethal devices. Shooting can be fun, and I had a lot of fun doing it, but once you do it, you realize the power of a loaded weapon in a way that you cannot truly understand without firsthand knowledge, and (hopefully) the responsibility you have for those around you while you hold said weapon.
I'd been shooting once or twice before, but this last time REALLY brought it home in a "Holy **** you could really KILL someone with this and that's friggin' sobering as hell." I mean, yeah, there are idiot rednecks out there who'll pull stunts with their drunk-ass friends, but anyone I've ever personally met who is a gun-owner has been absolutely rigid about safety and respect for the potential lethality of firearms.
I'm someone who, in general, is not anti-gun (although I can see there being reasons for some restrictions and procedures), but I think there's probably a visceral reaction that happens when anti-gun folks assume that enjoyment of shooting somehow translates into an abrogation or ignorance of responsibility with regard to firearms. You can still say "Haha that was AWESOME" when you go shooting for fun, and at the same time have a deep and abiding respect for the power of the gun and your need to be EXCEPTIONALLY careful while using it.
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