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Originally Posted by dd74
But anyway, technicalities about how to shoot a weapon isn't my point. My point is the message portrayed, which IMO is disingenuous on the part of Hollywood.
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Oh, I'd never expect actual use of a firearm to be accurately portrayed in a movie. Too many innocent bystanders would be killed and everyone would run out of ammo if it were done the right way. Dirty Harry would spend all his time on admin. leave and in court instead of taking out the garbage.
But what sticks in people's minds are the subtle, almost subliminal images they see. Walk through a Blockbuster store and I bet over 50% of the DVD cases have photos of someone holding a gun and 99.9% of those have them holding them in a way no real person would even think of doing - finger on trigger, a gun in each hand, firing while diving away from an explosion, muzzle-sweeping or aiming at a friendly, etc. It's just ridiculous, but people who aren't around real guns all day
are around BS Hollywood portrayals of guns. I gotta think some of that rubs off. My mom thinks my SIG might accidentally go off if I drop it because of what she sees on tv. You can't make this stuff up.