When a young man is pulled over carrying guns with filed-off serial numbers, Nick and Pete try to get the charges thrown out on the next episode of The Defenders.
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For the time, being, you can watch the complete episode here. Or maybe not--I couldn't load it. You're not missing much.
Hollywood dramatizes "illegal guns" and RKBA?
Vigilantes? Heavily armed? Darn right I'm in.
Allow me to predict a smear job that makes pretenses at presenting sympathy for all sides. Something about guns killing federal agents--and knowing CBS is behind this--tells me there's an agenda.
Here's hoping I'm wrong and that I owe all concerned an apology.
I'll know tonight.
UPDATE: All you need to know--Helmke liked it.
9 comments:
"Allow me to predict a smear job..."?
The premise is by definition a smear job because in a free country under normal circumstances, not having serial numbers on personal property would be a non-crime. And is this the same CBS, that according to their poll 80% of people adore the naked body scanners? Definitely a propaganda piece.
Got a feeling you won't need to apologize for anything. All queued up in my Tivo.
What a waste of time! Now I know why I never bothered watching that show.
You owe no apology.
It was a stupid episode (1st and likely only one I'll see) with a stupid crime and a bunch of stupid gun owners.
oh well, what else do you expect from TV?
I did find out that the .gov uses serial numbers on guns as a means to track criminals, though. Who'd a thunk it?
And here I thought a number on a gun was a means for the manufacturer to trace his merchandise. Silly me.
Did Paul Helmke and Mark Potok write the script? Wow! What a hit piece.
Guess I get to play devil's advocate...
Naturally, there's plenty there to be unhappy about. The "Gun rights" biatch doesn't care a hoot about the poor kid. The hard-core gun-guy/militaristic survivalist nutjob gun-dealer. The "guns kill federal agents on the border" bit. The whole inbred, redneck vibe of the whole "compound" with hundreds of unsecured weapons...
*WE* - along with anyone who has ever BOUGHT a gun from a dealer - know that the whole thing was BS. *WE* know they wouldn't need any "informant" or to "build a case" against the guy - all they'd have to do is pull an "inspection" and he's DONE.
*WE* all know that no matter how hard one may try to dot every i and cross every t, if they want to put a dealer down they can and WILL find (or invent) an excuse -- which is one of the only reasons I'm not in the business.
That said, I'd bet my left testicle that the writers and actors don't have a bloody clue about any of this - they probably thought this was a reasonably-accurate portrayal based on the "news" coverage of "our side."
Yes. From that perspective this sucked. No argument.
That said, they DID show the gun-dealer with all his teeth. He knew how to wear a suit-jacket, and how to act in court. He was well-spoken, clearly intelligent, and had raised his "boy" to be an honorable man.
He managed to make some absolutely valid points about the 2A and get in the Franklin quote.
Best of all, he made the point that Serial numbers are used by manufacturers to track their merchandise, that removing them from any other piece of property is not a crime, and that having the .gov track all arms sales is the road to tyranny.
Best of all IMHO, he made the point that an unconstitutional law is void on its face.
No, it wasn't perfect -- it wasn't even CLOSE -- but hey... Consider the source.
It was Enn-Bee-Friggin'-SEE!
What did you expect?
When the source is considered, this was about as "fair and balanced" as one could possibly expect.
It's a start.
PS: WV=="genti" - too many apropos derivatives to even start listing...
Well, I watched it just now, and while Jerry's character did an admirable job defending his client, it's clear that CBS meant to paint Constitution-believing gun owners in a negative light, and a government that despises the Constitution in a positive light. Another anti-gun smear job by See BS!
All good points, DD. I viewed the boy and his grandfather as honorable people, and the arguments he raised were spot on. At least See BS aired our side, but they still painted them as redneck bad guys, and praised a government that defies the Constitution as the good guys.
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