"...gun control bias..."
This is how they get their agendas accepted into mainstream. They paint a picture of anyone who disagrees with them as extremist.
This gem of wisdom appeared in the comments section:
“An article by anti-science “More Guns, Less Crime” John Lott. I’m sure it’s unbiased and objective.
I regularly go out to dinner in Freeport, NY, a low income neighborhood where there is an MS-13 gang presence. Gun control laws are very strong, people do not carry guns, and the murder rate in Freeport is less than that of Tulsa and OKC where Yosemite Sams roam the streets.
Gun free zones are extremely safe. People go through gun free zones every day without being killed. NYC as close to a gun-free zone as possible and the murder rate is less than almost all cities in the south. Bronx NY has a lower murder rate than Tulsa and OKC.”
Gee, don’t we really enjoy being characterized as Yosemite Sam or Rambo or Dirty Harry and how that contributes to serious, thoughtful discussion about this topic, eh? You can really tell that these people are on Soros’ or Bloomberg’s payroll to write dreck like this.
Hitler and Stalin were ‘caring’ when they took their peoples guns away and then slaughtered millions.
Time to boycott all these leftistmedia betrayers
Watching old series like Hawaii 50 and Streets of SF, it is interesting to note the degree of anti gun crap one encounters in those shows, sometimes subtle sometimes not so.
They had great guns on TV in the 1950’s and 60’s.
Steve McQueen — “Mare’s Leg” sawed-off Winchester on “Wanted Dead or Alive.”
Yancy Derringer — Derringer pistol in wrist holster (Mattel later adapted to being in belt buckle).
Wyatt Earp — “Buntline Special” long-barreled revolver.
Man From Uncle — Pistol that could be converted into a rifle.
Sgt. Saunders — Thompson submachine gun.
Thanks for the reminder why I now EXCLUSIVELY watch British TV dramas and mysteries via Britbox, Acorn and now Netflix (which has learned to recommend British or London-based shows to me first). Still better than US shows, and the murder mysteries show there are many other ways to get rid of an enemy or relative!
The only episode of Chicago Fire I’ve ever seen was the insipid sniper with burning ammunition one. I was amazed that even TV writers could be so scientifically illiterate.
The comment about getting weapons into closed areas was also interesting.
Just this week, I was at a corporate event at a NFL stadium. It was a trade show with several hundred in attendance. Metal detectors were turned off and there was no ID required to get in.
Any sort of device could have been taken in and hidden somewhere for future use.
Signs and rules are meaningless for someone bent on doing harm. Vigilance and the ability to shoot back works much more frequently.
NBC did a mass shooter episode on “Chicago Med” the other night. Filled with plenty of blood and guts and dead people.
S3 E1805/01/18, “This Is Now”
Chaos rips through Med when a mass shooting at a local park floods the ED with victims, and the staff must go into overdrive to control the mayhem, comfort the heartbroken and save as many lives as possible.
This has actually been going on for decades and Disney is one of the worst offenders. In Disney, if the character has a firearm, you can be sure he is a bad guy.
This nonsense has been going on since 1963, and got worse after 1968 when Bobby Kennedy was murdered. So many anti-gun, anti-hunting shows came out in the 1970s and 1980s it was hard to keep track.
Yet another reason why network television is dying.
I honestly don’t think I’ve watched any of the big 3 networks at home in well over 15 years. And I know an increasing number of people who do not watch any network tv. Even the local news has become a wretched waste of time.