THE DAILY FUDD: E51: "FUN VIDEO: 'Firefly' fudd firefight -- And yes, firepower is that important."
"Firefly/Serenity" is one of the iconic "space western" science-fiction franchises. I discussed it in TDF 16 ( "Heller, phasers, and Firefly: RKBA's unfortunate built-in planned obsolescence--sorta" ) in the context of how it could depict the future world--or rather, a universe--we face, where civilian arms technology was largely frozen at a present-day (early 21st-century) level, while government/military technology continued to advance: This raises the specter of the "Firefly/Serenity Scenario." For the uninitiated, the "Firefly" television series, with the derivative "Serenity" movie, is a science fiction franchise set about five hundred years in the future. It is perhaps the ultimate "space western," with low-tech scenes of literal horses in regular use, alongside hovercraft and holograms. Civilian arms are not dissimilar from present-day arms, often with Old West appearance and heavily manual-action. Some...