Pendragon
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I know AGS is supposed to be at best neutral to gun rights.
Still, it was an interesting pitch Kiefer Sutherland made at the end of 24 on Tuesday. He said the ep showed dangerous gun handling with tragic results and to be careful and be safe and (of course) keep them locked up.
I though overall, its better than nothing - its a good reality check for people who may not think of safety and learn all they need to know about guns from the TV.
That ep had a prison riot and the inmates capture some good guys - they make them play russian roulette and pass the gun around - one guard is too freaked out to do it so they are going to kill him - he tried a couple times and cant do it - so Kiefers character tells him to just do it - at least that way you have a chance - the guy is almost weeping and puts the gun to his head - BANG!!
It was pretty chilling even for a show like that.
Also - another TV show I just watched - a 2 week old ep of "Tru Calling". Eliza Dushkus character lost her mother to a random shooter some years ago - yet, she is not even noticeably anti-gun - even when her brother starts packing an illegal gun to protect his new girlfriend.
The setup was - the brothers girl is still married and is going to trick him into killing her "dangerous" husband who she leads him to believe, beats her, etc.
Brother takes girl to buy a street gun - she almost does, but balks - then she says "besides, I read somewhere that it will just be used against me". You might expect that, but it was unconvincing (seemingly on purpose).
In the end - when she gets to live the day over, her brother does not shoot the guy, so the girlfriend takes the gun and does it and says she will say he did it. - after all, "your prints are on it". Jeeze - has nobody heard of a residue test? (husband was wearing a vest because sister knows what will happen and tries to stop it - confused?)
Anyway - there was more than ample setup for some realy preachy anti stuff - but they did not even get close.
I just thought it was interesting...
Still, it was an interesting pitch Kiefer Sutherland made at the end of 24 on Tuesday. He said the ep showed dangerous gun handling with tragic results and to be careful and be safe and (of course) keep them locked up.
I though overall, its better than nothing - its a good reality check for people who may not think of safety and learn all they need to know about guns from the TV.
That ep had a prison riot and the inmates capture some good guys - they make them play russian roulette and pass the gun around - one guard is too freaked out to do it so they are going to kill him - he tried a couple times and cant do it - so Kiefers character tells him to just do it - at least that way you have a chance - the guy is almost weeping and puts the gun to his head - BANG!!
It was pretty chilling even for a show like that.
Also - another TV show I just watched - a 2 week old ep of "Tru Calling". Eliza Dushkus character lost her mother to a random shooter some years ago - yet, she is not even noticeably anti-gun - even when her brother starts packing an illegal gun to protect his new girlfriend.
The setup was - the brothers girl is still married and is going to trick him into killing her "dangerous" husband who she leads him to believe, beats her, etc.
Brother takes girl to buy a street gun - she almost does, but balks - then she says "besides, I read somewhere that it will just be used against me". You might expect that, but it was unconvincing (seemingly on purpose).
In the end - when she gets to live the day over, her brother does not shoot the guy, so the girlfriend takes the gun and does it and says she will say he did it. - after all, "your prints are on it". Jeeze - has nobody heard of a residue test? (husband was wearing a vest because sister knows what will happen and tries to stop it - confused?)
Anyway - there was more than ample setup for some realy preachy anti stuff - but they did not even get close.
I just thought it was interesting...
Oh yeah - in the last 18 months, she went from being a nanny to a computer expert who can work in the upper levels of the big Federal anti terror department - where she schools the other techs when they snub her.