Tv present bias in opposition to weapons is unending. You received’t see an leisure tv present that has a civilian efficiently utilizing a gun defensively. As a substitute, one thing all the time appears to go unsuitable when weapons are used defensively (from being fatally shot by the legal with out stopping the crime to getting in the best way of police to frequently having the gun stolen and use in a criminal offense to it being utilized in an unintended capturing).
This instance from 1993 exhibits that this media bias wasn’t all the time the case, with a scene from NBC’s Legislation & Order exhibiting a profitable defensive gun use (Season 4, Episode 4, October 13, 1993). There are a few examples in Paramount’s Yellowstone (right here and right here) (exhibits carried out by Taylor Sheridan), and an instance from Apple’s Dangerous Monkey (right here, although that they had examples on the opposite aspect). Two episodes of one other present by Taylor Sheridan even have constructive mentions of defensive gun use even when it doesn’t present them.
In the event you watched leisure tv as of late, you’d by no means know that individuals use weapons defensively some 2 million instances a 12 months. If you need some examples of individuals efficiently utilizing weapons to cease crimes, listed here are some examples. Different examples of individuals utilizing weapons to cease mass public shootings are out there right here.
Listed below are movies on Hollywood’s bias in opposition to weapons.
