jackstinson
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Apparently you have never watched an episode of "My Big Redneck Wedding" ??
BTW: I love "Penn & Teller's Bull$h-t!".
New gun shop reality series on Showtime
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BTW: I love "Penn & Teller's Bull$h-t!".
Cycler
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Owen Sparks
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These reality shows are not about objective facts. They are about emotions and intra-personal relationships. Reality shows generally appeal to the sort of person who likes gossip. You will NOT learn much about guns or the gun business by watching this show. What you will see is a bunch of personal squabbles and details about how people interact with each other, Yawn.
wally
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I don't know what issues Ax Men caused for the industry, but using my chainsaw after Ike, I realized I'd picked up some good tips while watching a couple of shows. I thought it was goofy and not that interesting, but it ended up I was really glad I'd seen a couple of shows.
Penn & Teller rock!
Sad but true.
--wally.
gregormeister
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Lock N' Load on Showtime
I don't know if any of you saw the 1st of 6 episodes of this show last night. It is a family owned gun shop called "The Shootist" in Colorado and it is a reality show that shows' us the day in the life of a gun store owner through several different Cameras. The main guy is Josh Ryan.
On this episode there was a Preacher who likes to shoot in his off time and who openly claims that he would defend his familyand friends from harm in a heartbeat if need be. Then there is the women who comes in to by a "purse gun" for defense along with various other customers with the same passion we all have, and that is to buy a gun.
Although the show has some really "out there" characters that come in the store, I think it is great for non-shooters and hoplophobes to see what go's on in a gun shop on a day to day basis and hopefully it will educate and inform some of these people.
Anyhow if you saw it do you have ant thoughts on the show?
I don't know if any of you saw the 1st of 6 episodes of this show last night. It is a family owned gun shop called "The Shootist" in Colorado and it is a reality show that shows' us the day in the life of a gun store owner through several different Cameras. The main guy is Josh Ryan.
On this episode there was a Preacher who likes to shoot in his off time and who openly claims that he would defend his familyand friends from harm in a heartbeat if need be. Then there is the women who comes in to by a "purse gun" for defense along with various other customers with the same passion we all have, and that is to buy a gun.
Although the show has some really "out there" characters that come in the store, I think it is great for non-shooters and hoplophobes to see what go's on in a gun shop on a day to day basis and hopefully it will educate and inform some of these people.
Anyhow if you saw it do you have ant thoughts on the show?
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rioalumni05
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ive seen previews in magazines for this, but dont get showtime.... anyone know of any links where i can watch online?
Tim the student
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Check on TV.com or something like that. I also hope I can watch episodes online.
It sure doesn't look like the best show, but it doesn't look like an anti show either.
It sure doesn't look like the best show, but it doesn't look like an anti show either.
I saw one episode last night, only one i've ever seen; it was the one with the preacher and the female asian construction company owner looking for a more portable purse gun. I thought the show was ok.
the two bubbas mentioning "the fastest way to a woman's heart is with a scalple (sp?)" was an eye roller, but the show did display one cross-section of the everyday people who make firearms a part of their lives.
i guess it would make for repetitious TV, but insted of "we ask people point at the duck when aiming [trying out a firearm], it's already dead" as an opportunity lost to go over the golden firearms rules with folks, newbies or not.
overall, yes, better to have the exposure showing the everyday folks transacting lawful business for personal protection/sport/ or whatever legal reason; vs. yet another hollywood scripted anti-gun show. so i wish the show and the store continued success.
the two bubbas mentioning "the fastest way to a woman's heart is with a scalple (sp?)" was an eye roller, but the show did display one cross-section of the everyday people who make firearms a part of their lives.
i guess it would make for repetitious TV, but insted of "we ask people point at the duck when aiming [trying out a firearm], it's already dead" as an opportunity lost to go over the golden firearms rules with folks, newbies or not.
overall, yes, better to have the exposure showing the everyday folks transacting lawful business for personal protection/sport/ or whatever legal reason; vs. yet another hollywood scripted anti-gun show. so i wish the show and the store continued success.
How many people watched the show last night?
It wasn't particularly anti-gun at all. Focused on the rather flambouyant sales guy and the other shop keeper called "grandma" (family run). They dealt with some customer questions like why buy from me versus walmart (whilst shopping handguns, does CO walmarts even sell hanguns?) They did a weekend trap shoot with a woman who claimed to be the NRAs first certified expert in all fields - he lost a small bet to her, hitting <50% of the clays...
Entire focus of the show was about the customers, what brought them in, what they wanted, their background. Very little detail paid to guns. The sales guy gushed about his love for kimbers. Glock and Ruger names were the only mfg names I heard. The customers in the first episode weren't loons, elderly knife making couple (who pull 3 "shanks" and put them on the counter), a preacher using the range after church to unwind (probably the best pro-gun view by him), a female construction co. owner looking for a ccw, a downtown shop owner concerned with a local gang turf war, and a family.
It had some of the usual bad fluff, intro sequence with someone pointing two pistols into the camera, dark jokes about some guys wife, gangster references, posing a family with AR15s for a menacing cell phone snap.
All in all I wouldn't characterize it as anti-gun. Boring, yes. Lacking mass-appeal and likely to be cancelled, yes. A good thing for Pro-2A folks, probably yes. I don't think Pro-2A folks really need this show around hunting out "interesting" people to showcase.
Promo for next week has a USPS employee buying an AK with obvious jokes made - probably not good.
What say others that actually saw it?
It wasn't particularly anti-gun at all. Focused on the rather flambouyant sales guy and the other shop keeper called "grandma" (family run). They dealt with some customer questions like why buy from me versus walmart (whilst shopping handguns, does CO walmarts even sell hanguns?) They did a weekend trap shoot with a woman who claimed to be the NRAs first certified expert in all fields - he lost a small bet to her, hitting <50% of the clays...
Entire focus of the show was about the customers, what brought them in, what they wanted, their background. Very little detail paid to guns. The sales guy gushed about his love for kimbers. Glock and Ruger names were the only mfg names I heard. The customers in the first episode weren't loons, elderly knife making couple (who pull 3 "shanks" and put them on the counter), a preacher using the range after church to unwind (probably the best pro-gun view by him), a female construction co. owner looking for a ccw, a downtown shop owner concerned with a local gang turf war, and a family.
It had some of the usual bad fluff, intro sequence with someone pointing two pistols into the camera, dark jokes about some guys wife, gangster references, posing a family with AR15s for a menacing cell phone snap.
All in all I wouldn't characterize it as anti-gun. Boring, yes. Lacking mass-appeal and likely to be cancelled, yes. A good thing for Pro-2A folks, probably yes. I don't think Pro-2A folks really need this show around hunting out "interesting" people to showcase.
Promo for next week has a USPS employee buying an AK with obvious jokes made - probably not good.
What say others that actually saw it?
already another thread on it
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=379371
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=379371
gregormeister
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I knew there was another thread but the show just aired yesterday, that post was from July.
Hak, you are right about the idiots with the scalpel joke and the dead duck. All in all though it doesn't give you an Anti or pro stance... oh well, I'll continue watching...
Hak, you are right about the idiots with the scalpel joke and the dead duck. All in all though it doesn't give you an Anti or pro stance... oh well, I'll continue watching...
gregormeister
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I liked it, it did have some things that make the hoplophobes cringe but all in all I was interested in seeing future episodes
InkEd
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Lock n load mini marathon
History channel mini marathon today times are central time.
9a to 11a reruns
3p to 6p reruns
8p rerun
9p new episode about rifles
10p other show about m16
just in case anyone here is into guns and stuff. You are welcome.
History channel mini marathon today times are central time.
9a to 11a reruns
3p to 6p reruns
8p rerun
9p new episode about rifles
10p other show about m16
just in case anyone here is into guns and stuff. You are welcome.
ChefKristian
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R. Lee Ermey is awesome...
Tommygunn
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I've been ignoring this show recently ... but I wanna catch today's show on rifles!!!!!!
Two entirely different shows being discussed here,
Premium-cable channel Showtime has a brand new series call Lock'n'Load. Only 1 episode has aired.
The History Channel series with R. Lee Ermey is also called Lock n Load and has been on the air longer.
Premium-cable channel Showtime has a brand new series call Lock'n'Load. Only 1 episode has aired.
The History Channel series with R. Lee Ermey is also called Lock n Load and has been on the air longer.
InkEd
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Thank you for moving this to a thread about a different show that most people don't care about on Showtime. My thread was about the interesting show on the History channel.
You have offended R. Lee Ermey. NOW DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY FOR SCREWIN' UP!
Or just put the thread back for everyone.
You have offended R. Lee Ermey. NOW DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY FOR SCREWIN' UP!
Or just put the thread back for everyone.
Average Joe
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I saw the show last night, and I must say, that guy is scary. He asks many personal questions, and has these big googly eyes, he looks like some kind of weirdo, I would not talk to him, much less take his advice....I am a gun person, and I don't think I will be watching many more episodes...
gyvel
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And yet you post on a website that, potentially, the entire world could see?
Beagle-zebub
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I'm all for Herzogian semi-documentaries.
Dazen
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Average Joe i too couldn't get past the creepo vibe this guy sends out.
the host bothers me alot
he gives poor advice uses absolutly no safety (pointing a crimson trace laser equipped revolver at entering customers screaming dont move and then just kidding) he always has his finger on the trigger and doesnt take firearms seriously during his sales
one gentleman was asked if he was ever convicted of a felony and before he could answer the host joked about coming clean (if they were at walmarts gun counter we all know the mere mentioning of a felony will stop a sale) i know that some shops (walmart) get a little to strict with there rules but to have this robin williams style of sales would chase me from that store in a heart beat
i tend to be more reserved than to jump around like a loony just because im on tv
i understand he is there to entertain but there is a fine line between entertaining and idiotic and above all he is there to sell guns and ANYONE who is selling guns is responsable for giving the customer reliable information and showing (even if just by example) proper safety handling of a firearm he does niether
he gives poor advice uses absolutly no safety (pointing a crimson trace laser equipped revolver at entering customers screaming dont move and then just kidding) he always has his finger on the trigger and doesnt take firearms seriously during his sales
one gentleman was asked if he was ever convicted of a felony and before he could answer the host joked about coming clean (if they were at walmarts gun counter we all know the mere mentioning of a felony will stop a sale) i know that some shops (walmart) get a little to strict with there rules but to have this robin williams style of sales would chase me from that store in a heart beat
i tend to be more reserved than to jump around like a loony just because im on tv
i understand he is there to entertain but there is a fine line between entertaining and idiotic and above all he is there to sell guns and ANYONE who is selling guns is responsable for giving the customer reliable information and showing (even if just by example) proper safety handling of a firearm he does niether
Omaha-BeenGlockin
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(pointing a crimson trace laser equipped revolver at entering customers screaming dont move and then just kidding)
This would cause a reading of the Riot Act--a call to the cops and ATF--and possible return fire---if it were me.
This would cause a reading of the Riot Act--a call to the cops and ATF--and possible return fire---if it were me.
TimM
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I just hope that it doesn't get slanted too much.
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Uncle Alvah
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I saw that too, and it "sealed the deal" on this show for me.
If he, or any 'salesman" tried that with me, I'd drag them across that counter and bitch-slap them until they turned gay.........
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