Matthew Merkovich
A Light Shining In DarknessTIL that the NRA campaigned to avoid the TV series *MacGyver* and to boycott its sponsors because MacGyver didn’t use guns.
Meph
Dr. h.c.* Grober Unfug@fzer0 are you ready for the McGyver? He solves everything with his Colt Python3
HowToPhil (Phillip R)@fzer0 Leaving aside that it was a good message (which it was), I like leaving guns out of my main characters' hands. The gun becomes "the solution" and ruins creative stories
Cluster Fcku@howtophil @fzer0 which is why so many kids adventure stories are far more creative and compelling (to adults in for a good story) than the sudden anxiety and power imbalance by a gun that crashes the story into cliches.
Hubert Figuière@fzer0 source ?
'MacGyver' Taking Aim at Handguns : Television: The show's co-executive producer, a former LAPD officer, says
Steve Downing remembers all too well that when he was an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, it was routine for the department and the courts to auction off guns that had been confiscated during criminal investigations.
Cassandrich
J. R. DePriest 
:EA DATA. SF:Wayback Machine link: https://web.archive.org/web/20260218181507/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-01-ca-1320-story.html
'MacGyver' Taking Aim at Handguns : Television: The show's co-executive producer, a former LAPD officer, says
Steve Downing remembers all too well that when he was an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, it was routine for the department and the courts to auction off guns that had been confiscated during criminal investigations.
Dan HattonIn fact, in one of the eps I remember best, Mac removed the trigger from a gun and used it as a spanner, which I'd imagine *really*, *really* offended the NRA.
Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸
Flipper 🐬🏳️🌈@fzer0 Today it'd be OpenAI campaigning against it, because he doesn't use AI.
mmu_manmy instance is currently transfering stuff onto a different storage.
It's just a picture of Macgyver
perdantperdant@fzer0 alas that doesn't stop him from using flamethrower against ants...
Kim
Black Metal Stu🇺🇦🇮🇱
cognitively accessible math@fzer0 I'm curious about what the folks re-working the Rockford Files will do.
Davie Duck
Desert Square Gardener@fzer0 I can no longer enjoy movies and television, now I'm fully cognizant of the marketing campaigns used by multimedia conglomerates. Everything we've ever enjoyed, is the product of lies and manipulation, to the benefit the elites.
minentromaxinfo@fzer0 they can't even do the one job they had. Resist tyranny with guns.
Dark Matter Zine@fzer0 that was part of its charm!
FediThing 
enthraxxx
Lex