Are there laws preventing advertising of guns on TV?

funkychinaman · #1 10-05-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BurtReynoldsMoustache

I was under the impression that Walther had something to do with James Bond upgrading to the P5 and later the P99.

Good point. (And the WA2000 in Living Daylights.) The entire franchise has whored itself out in terms of product placement. But with the guns, it's not as blatant. With the P99, he mentions the name of the gun once, and then never again. And I don't remember him mentioning the names of either the P5 or WA2000. Other "good guys" use non-Walther guns with as much fanfare. I wonder if another company can swoop in and get the Bond placement. (In the books, he uses as ASP.)

Speaking of, has anyone seen any print ads or any such promotional material from Walther featuring Bond?

S&Wshooter · #2 10-05-2010, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Good point. (And the WA2000 in Living Daylights.) The entire franchise has whored itself out in terms of product placement. But with the guns, it's not as blatant. With the P99, he mentions the name of the gun once, and then never again. And I don't remember him mentioning the names of either the P5 or WA2000. Other "good guys" use non-Walther guns with as much fanfare. I wonder if another company can swoop in and get the Bond placement. (In the books, he uses as ASP.)

Speaking of, has anyone seen any print ads or any such promotional material from Walther featuring Bond?

Because ASP's are way better than PPK's

k9870 · #3 10-05-2010, 06:14 PM

I think the book went beretta 950, ppk 32, asp, in that order. And he got a smith and wesson 38 revovler once.

S&Wshooter · #4 10-05-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870

I think the book went beretta 950, ppk 32, asp, in that order. And he got a smith and wesson 38 revovler once.

Well, I guess over time he realized that "wait, this Beretta is a piece of junk" and bought a PPK. When he figured out his .32 took a half a mag to kill someone, he finally said "screw it" and splurged on an ASP

k9870 · #5 10-05-2010, 08:19 PM

And eventually hell have two desert eagle 50aes in dual shoulder holster rig.

S&Wshooter · #6 10-05-2010, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870

And eventually hell have two desert eagle 50aes in dual shoulder holster rig.

"Sir, what are those bulges under your arms?"

"I have no clue what you are talking about"

ShootingJames · #7 10-06-2010, 03:01 AM

Spike TV has a saturday morning block of TV shows hosted by Gerald McRaney that is about tactical shooting and training civilians for personal defense that has all the gun commercials you could ever want.

I believe they are produced by some of the folks who do swat TV, best defense and shooting gallery on Outdoor channel's wednesday night on the range.

It's some very solid programming.