THE DAILY FUDD: E269: “ARTICLE: ‘The Guns of Battlestar Galactica,’ with my comments.”
https://gunmagwarehouse.com/blog/the-guns-of-battlestar-galactica/ MY COMMENTS: 1. Regards question at end of article about other pertinent science-fiction universes. “Firefly” (and the “Serenity” movie). The ultimate space western. Civilians generally carry weapons “in common use” in American civilian life today (with special emphasis on Old West-leaning arms, how much for the “western” feel versus how much for some political agenda on the part of Joss Whedon, I don’t know) while authorities and really rich people have some more advanced arms. It’s as if the Heller case froze the sorts of things civilians could have, while the authorities continued to advance. Might be a realistic legal scenario for us today. 2. “ Battlestar Galactica” in its reimagined form was all about human existence repeating itself in a cycle. The use of present day type arms off and looking EXACTLY like our own was in part intended to show a repeat of style and function. “Out there” someone designed a rifle, an...