Discovery Channel’s popular reality show about a family of gun makers, “American Guns,” came under intense scrutiny in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut grade school, with people flooding the show’s Facebook page calling for its cancelation.
“I know you all have to make money but would Discovery Channel PLEASE consider ceasing to broadcast the show in the U.K.? Sadly your program makes buying/owning guns seem fun, glamorous, even normal,” wrote one. Another tweeted, “Dear Discovery Channel: it’s not appropriate showing the program American Guns now!” Another weighed in: “With Discovery shows like ‘Sons of Guns’, ‘American Guns’, ‘Ted Nugent’s Gun Country’ etc it’s not surprising how guns r seen as acceptable.”
It seems the critics may have been heard.
Or maybe its because “Reality” TV shows are as fabricated as scripted TV, and gunnies put a little more scrutiny than the people who watch the more “Sex House” “Reality” shows.
Gun shops are filled with people, ammo shelves are empty, and the gun clubs are full right now. There is money and popularity with guns in America (as for other nations, who cares?), if Discovery cancelled the show it wasn’t because some anti-rights goons called for it, it was because they could make more money broadcasting something else.
Why couldn’t they have cancelled that God awful dreck called Sons of Guns instead? UGH. 🙁
American Guns was/is better than Sons of Guns but how many cornball reveals can they do.
I’m betting they ran out of special effects techs willing to create a 300 foot fireball then the ‘customer’ hits a tennis ball with his fully customized 10/22.
Well crap. A lot of the stuff was obviously scripted, but I enjoyed watching it, and so did my mom. It helped her understand a lot of the technical aspects of shooting & gun ownership.
The latter is a big reason why these shows are being yanked.