Originally Posted by
Boy Scout
RANT/
These videos of Keanu, Post Malone, Isaiah Washington, etc., always annoy me to a certain extent.
That’s not to say that I don’t “enjoy” them somewhat, and I’m glad that folks that might not normally be in the firearms community are exposed to safe handling and tactics, but it bothers me that these folks get all this special treatment and one-on-one instruction, and most likely don’t even have to pay for it. I can easily see the John Wick production people paying for Reeve’s training, maybe the others pay for their own, who knows.
What I do know is I don’t see Taran Butler out there offering much needed training to Law Enforcement, especially smaller agencies with a minisicule budget, who need the training more than Hollywood actors. Maybe if the Hollywood types shared their experiences rather than keeping quiet and their ilk espousing false media narratives around LE shootings/use of force, AND cops got better training....
Maybe I’m just jealous since I can’t afford ammo to practice and my department sure as hell ain’t paying for it, so when I see people getting more time behind a gun punching holes in mutilated cardboard targets (I mean seriously, how do they know they even hit anything when they’re going 100mph and the target is already full of holes? Speed is fine, accuracy is final and all that...) than I do as police officer, I guess it irks me.
Let’s not forget the exponential growth of “gun bunnies” and this new wave of soft-core gun porn that is sweeping social media like Instagram. Dudes out here at photography shoots with hot chicks covered in mud and squeaky-clean $3000 ARs and the hottest Gucci kit... I mean, I enjoy looking at T & A as much as the next guy, but c’mon, it’s the equivalent of the “The South will riiiiise again!” folks at the gun show. It’s all just for show and not accomplishing anything. I dunno, maybe it’s more like the old nudie calendars that dad had in the garage of hot chicks leaning over open hoods or wearing hard hats and tool belts. I guess I’d just rather see Taran’s gun bunny chicks teaching a self defense class to single moms than running around some IDPA course in yoga pants (don’t get me wrong - I F’n love yoga pants) making duck lips and IG posts.
Sorry, haven’t had my coffee or a dip yet...
/rant