Do movies encourage gun sales?

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I was a kid when the Lethal Weapon movies were new and popular. Mel Gibson's character "Riggs" makes such good use of his Beretta 92FS in the series, and it was the first time I took notice of any gun in a movie. It's also one of those rare movie moments when the gun in question is actually referred to by one of the main characters, much like Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum speech. Danny Glover's character Murtaugh asks to see Rigg's gun after they first get partnered up. Riggs says, "Be my guest," and he pulls it out, ejects the mag, clears the chamber and hands it to Murtaugh who looks it over while saying, "Nine millimeter Beretta, takes fifteen in the mag, one up the pipe, wide ejection port, no feed jams."

When I turned 25, I finally bought myself a NIB Italian-made Beretta 92FS. I can't quite shoot perfect smily faces into a head target at the 25-yard line like Riggs, but I'm getting there...;)
 
Video games sure do. Call of Duty has sold more ARs than Barack Obama.
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I dunno. I think Obama has to be one of the best firearms salesman of all time. We should consider getting an award for him.
 
I can only speak for myself- but video games definitely influenced me a bit. I really liked Call of Duty 2 at the time (WWII setting), so i just couldn't help but want one of everything. My dad bought me a mosin as a result, and I just kept getting more WWII firearms after that. Never been all too interested in the modern tacticool stuff though. But beyond my first gun and general interest in WWII firearms, games and movies have not influenced my purchases.
 
Funny comment about Call of Duty. I recently bought that game (III). My kids and I were playing and in the first scene, the guy gets out of the Humvee in NYC and he picks up his M4 w/HaloSight and 3x Magnifier. My first response was - hey - I have the same gun! :)

OK so mine's not an A4, and it's NJ legal, but it does have the tactical charging handle and optics. :)
 
Movies and TV shows certainly influence gun buying the same as they influence knife choices, clothing, and so forth. I believe companies like Coke or Pepsi actually pay the movie maker to use their product in a movie.

Westerns influenced many to buy single actions and 94 Winchesters.
Police movies may show case a certain gun like the S&W M29, Colt Python, Colt Diamondback, a contender in that one flick and so forth.
The hunting shows clearly feature certain guns especially Thompson Center BP's and the centerfire models.
Military movies feature ARs, AK's, and other similar rifles as well as the 1911 platform.
 
Sam Cade said:
Fun Fact:

The 92 "hero gun" carried by Riggs (in Lethal Weapon) is the same one wielded by McClane in Die Hard.
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I haven't seen either movie in a long time, but I could have sworn it was a Glock in Die Hard?
Maybe not....?

As far as movies go though, I always wanted a real HK MP5....


EDIT: I just looked it up. You're right. I'm wrong. I'll shut up now......lol
 
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Since Terminator 2 I have wanted a Handheld Mini-gun. Thankfully "Old Painless" is one of what six transferable M134 mini-guns in the US. I just have to track down who bought it after Stenbridge when under and find out how much it would take for them to part with it.
 
In the game "Sniper Elite V2" one of the sniper rifles is a Mosin Nagant - I recalled seeing one at my local gun store just a week earlier for about $100 - the following weekend I went back and got one....:)
 
Only one firearm I consider a "Movie gun:" Walther P99 from Tomorrow Never Dies and the World is Not Enough. "Ah the new Walther. I asked Q to get me one of these." Only difference is I bought mine in .40S&W. And second generation.
 
I was actually thoroughly in lust with the BHP long before Serpico came out. Still don't own one but I will someday.;)

"You expecting an army?"

"No. Just a division." :D
 
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