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<blockquote data-quote="gerhard1" data-source="post: 3038282" data-attributes="member: 5391"><p>Does anyone else get irritated when they read a novel and the writer doesn't know their behind from a hole in the ground concerning guns? Stephen King is notorious for this, referring to the .30-.30 (he does this in <em>The Stand, 'Salem's Lot</em> and <em>Under the Dome</em>. He makes reference to the Glock model 7--and a special bonus point if you know where that is from!--in<em> Under the Dome,</em> and in <em>The Stand,</em> has a soldier shooting a portable recoilless rifle firing 70 rounds a second, with something called gas-tipped slugs, no less. That's quite a feat.</p><p></p><p>He has US Army units equipped with BAR's in the 1990's and after a revolver fires, it is dropped and discharges again. These were also from <em>The Stand.</em></p><p></p><p>In <em>11-22-63</em>, he has a sales clerk "spinning the barrels, <em>click!-click!-click!</em>" of a Colt revolver.</p><p></p><p>A bunch of just plain ignorant stuff like that. </p><p></p><p>Does anyone else have other examples of colossal ignorance, from King or anyone else?</p><p></p><p>I enjoy reading King's stories, (most of them anyway) but I do find his abysmal ignorance of guns appalling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gerhard1, post: 3038282, member: 5391"] Does anyone else get irritated when they read a novel and the writer doesn't know their behind from a hole in the ground concerning guns? Stephen King is notorious for this, referring to the .30-.30 (he does this in [I]The Stand, 'Salem's Lot[/I] and [I]Under the Dome[/I]. He makes reference to the Glock model 7--and a special bonus point if you know where that is from!--in[I] Under the Dome,[/I] and in [I]The Stand,[/I] has a soldier shooting a portable recoilless rifle firing 70 rounds a second, with something called gas-tipped slugs, no less. That's quite a feat. He has US Army units equipped with BAR's in the 1990's and after a revolver fires, it is dropped and discharges again. These were also from [I]The Stand.[/I] In [I]11-22-63[/I], he has a sales clerk "spinning the barrels, [I]click!-click!-click![/I]" of a Colt revolver. A bunch of just plain ignorant stuff like that. Does anyone else have other examples of colossal ignorance, from King or anyone else? I enjoy reading King's stories, (most of them anyway) but I do find his abysmal ignorance of guns appalling. [/QUOTE]
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