thanks to being sick the last few days, i've had the distinct displeasure of watching syndicated reruns of shows like 'nypd blue' and 'law & order'. (what? you think i'm gonna watch crappy soap operas or daytime talk shows?)
i had some problem with the episodes of nypd blue, in which the father of delores mayo retrieved a handgun from the paper towel dispenser of a courthouse, and proceeded to attempt to murder malcolm cullinen. how do you get a handgun into a courthouse, when everyone has to go through security checkpoints?
and on law & order, it was actually pretty good. a scumbag racist was killing minorities with a shotgun. somehow they were able to determine from the birdshot that it was the same ammunition in different victims. (does ballistic fingerprinting work on shotguns?) they discovered it was a double barrelled sawed-off being used, and later when the suspect was released he switched up to a single barreled sawed off. but the last victim the scumbag killed was with his daughter, who then killed the scumbag with a concealed handgun. nice to see that although it ended in tragedy, it was a heroic ending. the handgun looked to be a 1911, carried by a black female. it looked like a kimber, but i couldnt be positive.
and there was a bizarre old episode of 'the outer limits' about partisan fighters in the aftermath of WWII (or so it appeared). had two characters (one man, one woman) who meet up and develop a friendship. they each had battle rifles, and the woman was also carrying a large butcher knife tucked into her waistband. the funny thing was when she shot her rifle, they didnt even use blanks or props. the 'shot' was a special effect that sounded more like a 'zing' than a 'crack'. and the barrels of their rifles were capped. odd to see the camera focus in on the shooter from a front profile and see no hole in the barrel.
-Kframe
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