In the US, there will be a channel about weapons

From October to December, the next wave of attacks by armed citizens swept across the States on 2015. The last of the incidents occurred on December 2, when attack on the medical center Inland Regional Center in California, providing assistance to people with developmental disabilities, killed at least 14 people. In late November, the 57-year-old the abortion opponent attacked one of the clinics Planned Parenthood in Colorado, killing three and injuring nine others. Increasingly, shootings are being heard at universities and colleges - in October, 26-year-old Chris Carper Mercer, armed to the teeth, carried out slaughter in a community college in Oregon, which killed ten people.

As Forum said, from firearms every year more Americans diethan from the wars in which the United States is involved, terrorist attacks, AIDS, drug overdoses and other things.

The leaders of the new Gun TV channel claim that the purpose of their channel is not the proliferation of weapons, but “just to meet the demand” for them in the United States.

“I don't think it's going to increase the number of guns on the streets,” Gun TV co-founder Valerie Castle told the Guardian. “The vast majority of Americans who own and use guns, whether for home defense or hunting, are responsible for their actions.”

So-called home shopping channels are usually associated with jewelry, home interior design, or various products that you may never have heard of. However, Gun TV's specialization is obvious. Along with weapons, the channel will sell various accessories and clothing - for example, hunting jackets.

Like most similar TV channels, Gun TV will have its own network of experts who must explain and demonstrate products. If the viewers see, say, a weapon at a price that suits them, they will be able to purchase it by pressing one button or by calling a number indicated on the air.

The only difference between Gun TV is the lack of home delivery. According to the rules of the channel, the ordered goods will be delivered to the address of the nearest licensed store to the buyer. Retailers, in turn, will be required to verify the buyer’s identity and fill out all the paperwork necessary to purchase a weapon.

However, opponents of the “gun lobby” argue that purchasing small arms is a very serious decision that cannot be made at the sight of a particular television offer.

“So many people are killed every day in the United States that we have to think long and hard about things like this,” says Laura Cutilletta of the San Francisco-based Gun Violence Law Center. - If, as often happens, you are simply switching channels and suddenly come across it, the idea of ​​​​buying a weapon may arise in your head. We are seriously afraid that the TV channel will increase demand and create a new customer base.”

Cutilletta laments that 85 people are killed by guns every day in the United States—that's more than 30 deaths each year.

The TV channel Gun TV, in the logo of which the sleeve is used, was planned to be launched by the beginning of the holiday season in the USA (before Thanksgiving), but for various reasons that the channel owners did not disclose, the broadcast was delayed until January 20. You can watch it through satellite and cable TV for six hours a day. During the first year of broadcasting it is planned to go on the 12-hour broadcast.

Valerie Castle says that the channel plans to inform about the origin of a weapon, manufacturing companies and materials used. In addition, the demonstration firing will take place on the air, which will be produced by former law enforcement officers and ex-military.

Since the law prohibits shooting in studio pavilions that are located in California, a demo video will be shot in advance at the test sites and shown in the recording.

At the same time, Castle stresses that the goal of the TV channel is to promote responsible ownership of firearms and their use. Every hour on the channel will appear three-minute videos on the topic of safe handling of weapons.

“We plan to educate people, talk about the need to take exercise courses and training,” says the co-owner of the channel.

Promotional video on site of the TV channel talks about how it will "responsibly offer extraordinary access to purchase the most advanced types of firearms in the world." As a positive fact, the channel presents information that the United States has the most armed civilian population in the world.

According to Valerie Castle, if a client wants to buy a weapon that is illegal in his staff, the consultants of the TV shop will immediately receive a message and will offer the buyer an alternative option.

She says she is neutral on gun sales in the US and believes it is a "personal choice" for everyone.

The United States is one of the few countries in which the right to bear arms is protected by the constitution, but because of the easy access to firearms, there are six times more murders in America than in Canada, and 15 times as many as in Germany.