CBS's "The Unit" portrays concealed carry in a positive light
I've become a regular watcher of "The Unit" on CBS. It's an interesting look at both the lives and missions of men in a top-secret special forces unit (based on Delta Force) and the lives of their women at home. I think this lends depth to both the characters and the stories in each episode.
Last week CBS ran two episodes back to back--"Unannounced" and "Exposure." I taped both of them because I had a meeting in Birmingham. We finally got around to watching them last night, and I was pleasantly surprised by the way the first episode ("Unannounced") turned out. Around three-fourths of the way through the show, Kim Brown (Audrey Marie Anderson) is at the radio station where she works, and her boss Rory (Gale Harold) notices that she has a gun in her purse. She explains that her husband Bob (Scott Foley) got it for her, and got her a concealed carry permit. He claims that he "doesn't believe in them"--that he's "a poet" and not a fighter--but doesn't pursue the issue any further. Near the end of the episode, a young private shows up at the station after having spoken to Kim on the phone while requesting a song. They are the only ones in the building, and the soldier assaults Kim, attempting to rape her. Rory shows up before the grunt can do anything; he gets Kim's pistol out of her purse and rescues her from the would-be rapist. No shots are fired; the assailant leaves the building, but is apprehended by the police--who tell them that he was suspected in several rapes and a murder.
It took me a minute to realize that Hollywood--and CBS, of all networks--had just presented guns in a positive manner! Mike (the radio station guy) is not a military man, and would have been no match for the soldier/rapist without the gun. He used it to save Kim without firing a shot--which is a lot like what often happens in real life: the mere presence of a gun in the hand of an confident citizen is often enough to dissuade a would-be criminal from carrying out his intentions. I am very pleased to see such a depiction on mainstream, prime-time television. I sure hope it's not the last time.
Last week CBS ran two episodes back to back--"Unannounced" and "Exposure." I taped both of them because I had a meeting in Birmingham. We finally got around to watching them last night, and I was pleasantly surprised by the way the first episode ("Unannounced") turned out. Around three-fourths of the way through the show, Kim Brown (Audrey Marie Anderson) is at the radio station where she works, and her boss Rory (Gale Harold) notices that she has a gun in her purse. She explains that her husband Bob (Scott Foley) got it for her, and got her a concealed carry permit. He claims that he "doesn't believe in them"--that he's "a poet" and not a fighter--but doesn't pursue the issue any further. Near the end of the episode, a young private shows up at the station after having spoken to Kim on the phone while requesting a song. They are the only ones in the building, and the soldier assaults Kim, attempting to rape her. Rory shows up before the grunt can do anything; he gets Kim's pistol out of her purse and rescues her from the would-be rapist. No shots are fired; the assailant leaves the building, but is apprehended by the police--who tell them that he was suspected in several rapes and a murder.
It took me a minute to realize that Hollywood--and CBS, of all networks--had just presented guns in a positive manner! Mike (the radio station guy) is not a military man, and would have been no match for the soldier/rapist without the gun. He used it to save Kim without firing a shot--which is a lot like what often happens in real life: the mere presence of a gun in the hand of an confident citizen is often enough to dissuade a would-be criminal from carrying out his intentions. I am very pleased to see such a depiction on mainstream, prime-time television. I sure hope it's not the last time.
posted by -D. at 1:15 AM
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