The law of guns in movies

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Originally Posted by Ionatan

Still, it would be nice to not have every film featuring firearms constantly use 92s, Glocks, or Sigs. They're all fine weapons (though I dislike the latter), but I'd personally like to see a main character use something like a Steyr M1A or some other firearm that never gets the spotlight.

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

Well maybe handguns like that don't get the "spotlight" because they aren't that common/popular in the real world in the first place.

...what AdAstra said. Berettas, Glocks, and SIGs are common in movies because they're also common in real life (although the Beretta isn't as popular with police these days as Hollywood would have us believe). One would expect a detective or agent character in a movie to be using either a Glock or a SIG, whereas nobody in America would expect to see a Steyr M1A (a pistol that was imported to this country only in small #s) being carried by any law enforcement officer.