Gunsmoke
Last couple weeks I have gotten into watching the old Gunsmoke reruns on TVLand.
Anyone ever notice that Marshal Dillon was always out of town? And that made Festus always in charge as the deputy.
I guess Festus should have been the Marshal, except the Dillon always showed up at the last minute to save the day.
Anyone ever notice that Marshal Dillon was always out of town? And that made Festus always in charge as the deputy.
I guess Festus should have been the Marshal, except the Dillon always showed up at the last minute to save the day.
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Gunsmoke
By Ted Lang c
Published 05. 20. 02 at 20:44 Sierra Time
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Life-threatening legislation euphemistically termed "gun control"
Many are confused as to the recent events involving the Bush administration's pronouncement of a change in the federal government's interpretation of the Second Amendment as being an individual "right" as opposed to a "collective right" available to only a government controlled group of soldiers. There is absolutely nothing at all new here; this is merely a simple, straightforward interpretation anyone politically unbiased, reasonably educated and adept in the English language would make.
Left-liberals and their media, the socialist-oriented activists with a utopian agenda for us all, desperately need the total abolition of private ownership of firearms. All means and methods of obfuscation, convoluted "reasoning" and outright criminal fraud, are being employed to disarm the American people.
Left-wing extremists have always offered that the Second Amendment applies only to military reservists, most formally identified as the National Guard. The Constitution and its first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, was ratified by the joint and several states in 1791; the National Guard was created in 1792, so that argument fails. And trial by jury, the right not to self incriminate, or protection from cruel and unusual punishment does not apply "collectively;" why would all of the Bill of Rights afford individual protection except the Second Amendment? Only to serve the false arguments of left-wingers.
When the collectivist argument fails, gun abolitionists then point to the Second Amendment as causing monumental crimes of violence and resultant homicides, robberies and shootings. Yet, the actual experience now being documented in England and Australia, after the implementation of a 100% total ban on private firearms ownership, shows that just the opposite is true. These countries, especially England, are experiencing such a staggering increase in gun violence and crime the likes of which are totally foreign to its culture. England came into being via the battle-ax, the spear, the sword and the long bow. There never has been a "gun culture" there - even police never carried sidearms. But now, with the increasing gun crimes and violence, legislative consideration evidences the intent to arm police rather than simply rescind bad, dangerous and life-threatening legislation, euphemistically termed as "gun control."
In other words, England's legislators would rather rely upon arming after-the-fact police, who usually arrive after a robbery, homicide or rape has been committed, for purposes of completing reports to initiate an investigation to track down the perpetrator rather than take measures to protect and prevent such crimes from happening to innocent, law-abiding citizens in the first place.
If the collective argument is untenable, as well as the "proliferation" theory citing private ownership of firearms as the chief causative factor in crime, then issues of "gun safety" must be raised to address the high rate of "gun accidents" in a free nation where the government is precluded from interfering with a citizen's right to purchase, keep and carry firearms as established by its Constitution. Yet, according to unbiased statistical information from both the National Safety Council as well as from the Uniform Crime Reports of the FBI, with gun ownership in the United States at its highest on record, accidents are astonishingly low as well as totally insignificant. The Million Moms exaggeration of 12 children a day lost to guns includes youths up to and including 17 years of age who die in ghetto inner-city drug gang shootings. The number of small preteen children who die from all gun accidents number roughly 60 per year.
That is not to say that the death of 60 small children is an insignificant occurrence, but when more than that low number die by drowning in 5-gallon pails, and many more die from choking on food, then the number of gun accidents is astonishingly small and therefore insignificant.
The gun hysteria results from the usurpation by the media of tragic figures who offer their own horrible experiences of gun violence to advance the former's gun-free vision of utopia. Supported also by behind-the-scenes multimillionaire/billionaire activists such as Edwin McKelvey, who enjoy using their wealth to force society to jump through their personal hoops, we have the complete activist mantra of gun hysteria.
Combining gun hysteria with the media's penchant for making or breaking politicians, especially those of a Republican persuasion, the question is why would the Bush administration, given its recent record of catering to the liberal causes of the Democrat Party, now risk high ratings to advance the individual right theory in opposition to the collective one? How's the argument coming along as regards the majority desire to arm airline pilots?
c THEODORE E. LANG All rights reserved
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/05/21/tedlang.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 18780 -
What was your best episode? 0 -
How many times has Dillon been shot in the shoulder ??? I watch about 15 episodes a week.....Seen him shot 1 or 2 times every week.. 0 -
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I like guns,understatement[:D] I like TV shows about guns,but last night the hand cannon just blew my mind[:0] What a load of crap! The workmanship and gunsmiths, if that word can even be used that far is off the page.Would not go near that dump full of wannabees[V]
Want a hand cannon? try a striker in .270[;)]0 -
Watched part of an episode of Gunsmoke yesterday. Man, that was a good show (it ran before my time).
Matt Dillon... kapow, kapow! And the bad guy was dead.
They really need to make a western tv series again.0 -
I liked Chester better. 0 -
I remember listing to Gunsmoke on the radio at my Gramas house in the mid 50's. As far as I know they never owned a TV. [:D] 0 -
I know that TVLand is getting to be one of my favorite channels anymore. Mostly the old western shows. 0 -
One of my favorites!
After "The Rifleman",of course.
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quote:Originally posted by BOBBYWINS
One of my favorites!
After "The Rifleman",of course.
BW
They haven't been playing that one. Mostly just Bonanza and Gunsmoke.0 -
[8D]-Yea git-r I watch it also, I always love it when "Marshal Dillon" quick shoots a rifleman at 200 yds, when the bad guy can't hit anybody with his rifle--
-I best enjoy the ending arguments between Festus and doc-priceless--
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I guess I was speaking in past tense.
Haven't had cable/satellite for several years now.Just local stations.
Got to where for as little time I spend in front of the boob-tube,it wasn't worth it.
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always got a kick out of the mountains just west of dodge & when someone would wander into the sheriff's office & ask "where is marshall dillon".....reply being "oh he went up to hays city this morning, be back later today"....poor horse must have had an overdrive built in to pound that trail twice in a short. 0 -
quote:I remember listing to Gunsmoke on the radio at my Gramas house in the mid 50's. As far as I know they never owned a TV.
So, guess who was Matt Dillon on the radio in them days.....
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I was just watching this old movie i cant believe ive never seen on AMC called The Big Red One! cant believe all these years ive never seen it. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by SuburbanNoize
I was just watching this old movie i cant believe ive never seen on AMC called The Big Red One! cant believe all these years ive never seen it.
That is a great one!
I also liked "A Bridge to Far".0 -
quote:Originally posted by crims40
quote:I remember listing to Gunsmoke on the radio at my Gramas house in the mid 50's. As far as I know they never owned a TV.
So, guess who was Matt Dillon on the radio in them days.....
crims40
I would sure pity his poor horse. No wonder he didn't make the transition to TV.0 -
quote:Originally posted by git_r_done
Last couple weeks I have gotten into watching the old Gunsmoke reruns on TVLand.
Anyone ever notice that Marshal Dillon was always out of town? And that made Festus always in charge as the deputy.
I guess Festus should have been the Marshal, except the Dillon always showed up at the last minute to save the day.
Yeah, if Dillon would have been in town all the time, nothing bad would have happened. [:D] Gotta love Festus and his accent.0 -
quote:Originally posted by crims40
quote:I remember listing to Gunsmoke on the radio at my Gramas house in the mid 50's. As far as I know they never owned a TV.
So, guess who was Matt Dillon on the radio in them days.....
crims40
That would be William Conrad. It still comes on XM Radio from time to time.0 -
Actually in those days the Marshall would have been out of town often. He was a US Marshal with responsability over a wide territory and Festus would have been more of a jailer responsible for the jail and prisoners than any real law enforcement activity. The rarity would have been finding him in town and not out on a circuit.
US Marshal were not usually based in 1 town but covered areas like Judge Parkers Marshals covered the Indian Territory.0
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