Reminds me why I don't watch much TV

[mr.72]

I got home from work yesterday and had about 45 min of downtime to kind of chill out and I ended up watching part of a rerun of Law and Order on TNT...

In this episode, it appears that two NY undercover cops were killed while working a case with illegal weapons. Of course NY having harsh gun control laws, invites illegal guns trade on a larger scale than other states or cities (like Texas). Anyway the crux of the plot on the show was kind of like this.

1. some college student going to school in Georgia and his buddy bought 20 ".380s" (these looked like Bersas to me) for $100/ea in GA, to bring home to NY for Christmas vacation and sell for $1000 each "on the street"
2. one of the kid's has a step-father who is a lawyer.
3. cops had set up a sting operation to catch street gun dealers and caught this pair of kids trying to sell the .380s, and one of the kids went to draw his gun during the arrest and got shot and killed by one of the undercover cops. This is the kid whose stepdad is a lawyer
4. stepdad lawyer sets up a web site posting photos of undercover cops, then promises two other street gun dealers that he'll give them 6 of these 20 .380s (which he now has) if they "take care of" the two cops who were involved in the shooting of his stepson
5. much drama ensues etc.

There was one line on the show where one of the assistant DAs said "you can buy these guns cheap in the south where the gun laws leave much to be desired. Did you know that in Georgia, you can buy as many guns as you want in one day?" with incredulity.

The setup that somehow being free to buy guns in "the south" is equal to "more illegal guns in the street" in NY was ridiculous.

I stopped watching this show over 15 years ago when they started the "ripped from the headlines!" tag and got much more political in the plot...

JUNK!! Do people actually watch this? Is this really mainstream ideals on display?

[DoubleJ]

I used to watch it, but everytime I chance upon TNT, well, you see the result...

[fenster]

ugh. I remain convinced the vast majority of TV shows exist for a primary purpose: making sure there are people plopped in front of the TV set when the ads run. ..perhaps a secondary purpose of showing honest law abiding gun owners, proper muzzle discipline and trigger control. /sarcasm off.

I cut off my cable TV 3 yrs ago and haven't looked back. those hours per week once lost have been diverted to: time out on mt bike, time at the reloading bench, time getting my miles in at town-lake. ...and then there's the $40/mo bonus.

[mr.72]

well my kids watch a couple of channels, mostly Disney and Discovery Channel. We have to have SciFi for BSG... TNT, ESPN, etc. for Spurs games. It's not many hours per week except during NBA playoffs. TNT has its value, and it's NBA games :)

[agbullet2k1]

I've found that if I can wait a few months, the shows I'm interested in watching will be on dvd through Netflix, and I don't have to watch commercials. It's a whole lot cheaper than cable, too. I don't care for cable sports that much. If it's not on network, I'll just catch the scores the next day online.

[Venus Pax]

There was one line on the show where one of the assistant DAs said "you can buy these guns cheap in the south where the gun laws leave much to be desired. Did you know that in Georgia, you can buy as many guns as you want in one day?" with incredulity.

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JUNK!! Do people actually watch this? Is this really mainstream ideals on display?

The media understand the water-dripping-on-a-rock concept quite well. They know that thousands of gallons poured on a rock at one moment won't do much, but that thousands of gallons trickling over a period of time will wear down the rock. They know exactly what they're doing.

[KBCraig]

I like the drama of Law & Order (only the original, not the spinoffs), but they definitely moralize and preach about some subjects near & dear to my heart, including guns.

I always get a chuckle when they make a phone call, and a few minutes later get a response that "the gun was registered in Virginia", or some other nonsense.