American Guns

[Hazcat]

As a gun owner and part of the gun culture I am mortified by both of these shows.

[Timothy]

As a gun owner and part of the gun culture I am mortified by both of these shows.

Then it's not just me?

[TAB]

As a gun owner and part of the gun culture I am mortified by both of these shows.

pretty much every discovery channel(s) shows are like that, you name the group they feel the same way.


They have it figured out, take a bunch of people, make them sound like idiots( rather they are or not), water it down so anyone can understand it( you know the ones in little boxs , google if you don't know what that means),...  collect a big check. 

[Rob10ring]

I think there's a lot less "reality" going on behind the cameras. The "reality" of reality shows. The guy is probably a more down to earth guy than what we see on the show. Top Shot Rocks, because it's just fun!

[tombogan03884]

I think there's a lot less "reality" going on behind the cameras. The "reality" of reality shows. The guy is probably a more down to earth guy than what we see on the show. Top Shot Rocks, because it's just fun!

But even with "Top Shot" they had to inject the "reality show prima donna BS".
I put the blame on the producers of these shows bowing to clueless "marketing experts" rather than listening to "Gun people"
Look at the difference between the shows by TV people cashing in on guns, and the shows done by MB who is a gun person, cashing in on TV.

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[Timothy]

But even with "Top Shot" they had to inject the "reality show prima donna BS".

Kinda like folks watch auto racing like Nascar and Indy Car for the wrecks.  Watching 32 cars go around in circles is pretty boring!  You want to see the racing, watch motocross or the Ilse of Mann races...even F-1 is more interesting!

With no drama, you're watching grass grow....

[billt]

I like the shows for this reason. I remember back in the 70's when there was no cable and or Fox News, and the big 3 liberal networks ruled the airwaves. You never saw anything "reality" based about guns that was good. I still remember shows like "Guns Of Autumn" that blasted hunters as blood thirsty idiots with nothing better to do. Yeah, there was the American Sportsman with Curt Gowdy and Grits Gresham, but other than that the only guns you saw on television were in the westerns, or in WW II shows like "Combat" or "The Rat Patrol". Or else they were in a newsreel at 10:00 O'Clock, about some murder or drive by shooting. Negative and nothing but.

Now they're everywhere. Sure, "Sons Of Guns", "American Guns" and "Top Shot" are all scripted, but at least they are showing that guns in America are mainstream. And also remember that liberals hate these kind of shows. All the more reason to like them.

[Magoo541]

Maybe there is more effort to portray guns in a light that is a little less than desirable?  Any thought?

As an avid Gun 2.0, non-hunter,  S of G/A.G. are different from the Suday morning creep and shoot shows.  I personally loved Top Shot, so did the wife  , the Marksmanship/Gun stuff the History Channel runs (Sniper stuff mostly) and like 3 Gun Nation and Tom G's shows. 
Like Billt said there never has been positive portrail of guns on TV that I can remember so at least this is a step away from the normal negative Nelly stuff the MSM used to push.

[Big Frank]

I'll have to watch it tonight and see if he lectures any gun owners about their own guns.

[PegLeg45]

I'll have to watch it tonight and see if he lectures any gun owners about their own guns.

I understand where you are coming from, and agree it is excessive on the show, but I would offer the following, from my own experience, as an exception:

I have a friend I've known for 30 years. A few years after we first met, he brought me a Browning Sweet Sixteen that he had owned for over 15 years prior without ever shooting it because he didn't understand how to load it. It was his grandfathers. He wanted me to clean it, load it, and shoot it to show him how.
Funny thing is, it's not an isolated incident. I've had numerous folks bring guns to me that they inherited from family, and had them for years (hidden in a closet) without knowing anything about them.