And the shootings continue....

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Yeah, and Matt Dillon solved most of his problems with guns. The Cartwright boys did their fair share of gun play too. There was the Lone Ranger firing his Peacemaker from horseback at the start of every episode. And, of course there were The Rifleman, for whom use of the ubiquitous rifle was the solution to every problem, and Combat! that featured lots and lots of, well, combat. The list goes on.

Frankly, television is no more violent than it was in the past. All that has changed is the amount realism show as the aftermath of violence.

Yea, but the story line was good vs. bad, the white hat vs the black hat, and good won. Today the villian is admired, the violence is bloody gore, not cowboys shooting cap guns at each other.