[wny]

Hollywood made dozens and dozens of real westerns for over 50 years without this happening…. So the guns aren’t the problem

[nascarnation]

Many fundamental skills have been lost.
It’s like trying to find a skilled carpenter or machinist.

[Steven Scharf]

Hollywood made dozens and dozens of real westerns for over 50 years without this happening…. So the guns aren’t the problem

Just a minor correction, the first Western was The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent Western film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. That would be 118 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Train_Robbery_(1903_film)#:~:text=The%20Great%20Train%20Robbery%20is%20a%201903%20American,are%20finally%20defeated%20by%20a%20posse%20of%20locals.

A special close-up shot, which was unconnected to the story and could either begin or end the film depending on the projectionist’s whim, showed Barnes, as the outlaw leader, emptying his gun directly into the camera.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

True

[.44 Special]

Just imagine the “Magnificent Seven” with finger pistols.