Not the one with R. Lee Ermey
I don’t get Showtime so I haven’t watched but apparently they have a show called Lock n Load. It’s about working the counter at a gun shop. Tam says that should be pretty boring. Shockingly, gun owners are just people too.
Over at PJ Media, the reaction from the press to the show is highlighted:
Naturally, the first few critical salvos against the show were anything but positive. Newsday and Variety dubbed the show “aimless” and “toothless,” respectively, both bemoaning its lack of an angle.
By angle, they mean the show doesn’t demonize gun owners or the Second Amendment. Had the series taken an aggressively pro-gun stance, said critics likely wouldn’t like that particular angle one bit. The critics were likely expecting another Bowling for Columbine, one of Michael Moore’s many slanted polemics.
Whatever happened to introducing a topic and letting the audience draw its own conclusions?
Newsday goes further, saying Ryan is selling “death” even though many of the customers make it clear they want to own a gun to protect their loved ones against intruders. That critic should have holstered her biases at the door.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 am
I watched it last night. Boring indeed.
If you were an anti expecting to see the hand-picked, bottom-of-the-barrel, redneck stereotype customers making fools of themselves, you were disappointed.
If you were a gunny looking for a show which would help to strengthen the pro-2A argument by showing proper safety techniques, range etiquette, and dispelling gun control myths, you were disappointed.
If you watched the rerun at 1:00am only to pass 1/2 hr before Lusty & Busty came on, it made you wish you also had a subscription to HBO.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
Surprise! The wicked demon weapons of death don’t leap around and cavort on the counter! They’re inert and don’t turn customers into frothing werewolves of gun-violence. It’s boring to see that your hatred is wasted on a piece of metal.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:42 am
its taxi cab confessions all over again – but in a gun store…