Television police shows work closely with gun control groups to push for gun control, but usually their push gun control in more subtle ways. They show AR-15s as machine guns or show people who use guns defensively either harm others or themselves or push myths about ghost guns. But in this episode of NBC’s Law & Order (Season 22, Episode 22, May 18, 2023), District Attorney Jack McCoy (played by Sam Waterston) calls for “common sense” gun control. A gun control advocate fatally shoots a US Senator because the Senator changed his vote and opposed a gun control law. The gun control advocate had been a victim of a school shooting, and he had been extremely traumatized by that experience. Indeed, that experience is offered as the murderer’s defense. In particular, the show is pushing a ban on assault weapons.
To the show’s creators, more gun regulations are the only obvious solution to stop mass public shootings. No one considers the dangers of gun-free zones. No one notes that there have been no shooting attacks where anyone has been killed or wounded at any of the thousands of schools with armed teachers.
Law & Order Season 22, Episode 22, May 18, 2023
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