The Gun Industry's Lucrative Relationship with Hollywood

Re:The Gun Industry's Lucrative Relationship with Hollywood by CamperBob2 on Friday December 16, 2016 @06:07PM (#13197725)

I guess a cynical view (and probably that espoused by the article, which I haven't yet read) is that they're trying to normalize the presence of weaponry in popular fiction as well as in everyday social discourse. If you're in the gun business, you don't want the only people talking about guns to be your critics.

The military also has a stake in glamorizing weaponry and warfighting, and they definitely have a symbiotic relationship with Hollywood in that respect.

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Re:The Gun Industry's Lucrative Relationship with Hollywood by mzw_mzw on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:11PM (#13198096)

That'd be like trying to "normalize" the presence of shirts, or automobiles. Guns have been ubiquitous in popular fiction of all kinds for decades, if not centuries, since they're such a useful device for drama or just entertaining fights. Don't forget how Dr. Watson always had his trusty pistol at hand whenever Holmes needed him.

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