As we have pointed out many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to shoot people. NBC again shows criminals using machine guns. The Blacklist (S7 E16 April 24, 2020) has a slightly different twist with...
Television show machine gun myth
Do all Chicago Criminals have machine guns?: You would think so if you watch NBC’s Chicago PD
As we have pointed out many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to shoot people. NBC again shows criminals using machine guns. Chicago PD (S7 E20 April 15, 2020) has criminals stealing machine guns from...
CBS’ shows continued obsession with machine guns: Magnum PI and Blue Bloods
As we have pointed out many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to shoot people. Two different CBS shows on Friday, May 1st, 2020 again discuss criminals using machine guns. Magnum PI (S2 E18) has criminals...
NBC’s television show “Chicago PD” seems to believe that Semi-automatic handguns are Machine guns
As we have pointed out many times, television police shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to shoot people, that they are massively outgunning police officers who are using only semi-automatic weapons. Some shows claim AR-15s are machine...
CBS Hawaii 5-O’s Continued Obsession With Criminals Using Machine Guns
Do all criminals in Hawaii have machine guns or at least have buddies who have machine guns? CBS's Hawaii 5-O continues its obsession with criminals using machine guns (Hawaii 5-O S10 E21, March 27, 2020). This show doesn't seem to be able to go an episode without...
Television Shows Continued Obsession With Criminals Using Machine Guns, Linking AR-15s to the guns used by the military
TV shows continually illustrate criminals using machine guns. In this story that spans an episode of two separate CBS shows on the FBI, white supremacists kidnap a school bus full of young children using AR-15s (FBI S2 E18 and FBI Most Wanted S1 E9 March 24, 2020)....
Television shows continued obsession with criminals outgunning police with machine guns: Chicago PD and Hawaii Five-O from March 2020
TV shows continually illustrate criminals using machine guns, with police officers in these episodes completely outgunned by multiple criminals with machine guns (Chicago PD S7 E16, March 4, 2020; Hawaii Five-O, Season 10, Episode 20, March 13, 2020). On TV...
Television Shows Misleading Viewers: CBS’s “ Hawaii Five-O” Shows Criminals With Machine Guns, Outgunning Police
TV shows continually illustrate criminals using machine guns, with police officers in this episode completely outgunned by multiple criminals with machine guns (Hawaii Five-O, Season 10, Episode 18, February 28, 2020). On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: Yet again, NBC’s “Chicago PD” continued obsession with machine guns, criminals outgunning police
This TV show on NBC is hardly unique in illustrating criminals using machine guns, though they are more over the top in referring to the guns that the criminals have as machine guns and military weapons (Chicago PD, S7, E10 January 8, 2020). On TV shows, machine guns...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: NBC’s “Chicago PD” continued obsession with machine guns, criminals outgunning police
This TV show on NBC is hardly unique in showing criminals using machine guns. This segment clearly shows the police officers being outgunned by a criminal with a machine gun. This is from Chicago PD (Season 7, E13) January 22, 2020. On TV shows, machine guns always...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: More media obsession with showing criminals using machine guns, the “FBI: Most Wanted”
CBS, like all the other networks, are obsessed with showing criminals shooting machine guns. This example is from "FBI: Most Wanted" (Season 1, Episode 6, February 18, 2020). Some hyperbole is to be expected on television, but the level of exaggeration has become...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: CBS’ “FBI: Most Wanted” Saying AR-15s are a machine gun, Police concerned about safety
This new TV show is hardly unique in showing criminals using machine guns, though it goes further than many in indicating that an AR-15 is a machine gun. The FBI agents here express concern about facing a machine gun. On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the...





