On The TeeVee
Michael Bane notes that guns are hot:
As you may have noticed recently, firearms have become…well…hot. Look at the success of History Channel’s Extreme Marksman, Future Weapons on Discovery or my own shows on Outdoor Channel. Other channels are actively shopping for “gun stuff;” BBC’s got a huge AK-47 dcoumentary in the hopper (as well as three competing AK books, Michael Hodges’ AK-47 The Story of a Gun; Larry Kahaner’s AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War (which received vicious reviews, BTW) and Mikhail Kalashnikov and Elena Joy’s Kalashnikov: The Gun That Changed the World.
Wasn’t the case in the 1990s. I wonder why? Perhaps it’s because men seem to be getting back to who they are and once again think it’s cool to watch shit go boom? We couldn’t do that back when Donahue was on.
June 4th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Watched Extreme Marksman the other night – it rocked. My son and I were glued to the TV for two hours, something that hasn’t happened in a long, long time.
June 4th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
But do any of these shows include segments on basic gun safety?
I find that far too many lefties/anti-gunnies (but I repeat myself) have no clue about the basics of gun safety and the fact that responsible gun owners are adamant about proper gun handling procedures.