[GonzoGOP]

A-Team. Big guns

I have to disagree on the A-Team. They acted like you could fire a gun and not hurt people. The shooting the gun out of the bad guys hand attitude is what has lead to the stupid "shoot to wound" laws in California. Rule 1 - Never point a firearm at anything you don't intend to destroy. Rule 2 - If they are shooting that much and never managing to hit anything they aren't very good mercenaries.

I have to admit I always held Howling Mad Murdoch up as a role model. But hey he was locked up in an insane asylum so it made sense that he didn't get a lot of target practice.

[surroundedbyblue]

Point taken. What’s interesting though is that I think I read somewhere (a long time ago) that they guy who played Murdoch is a huge conservative in real life. Is that true?

[Rastus]

Dwight Schultz is an outspoken conservative. It’s cost him some roles. I think Dirk Benedict may lean right, since he has written for Big Hollywood (a non-political column).

You may be right about the effect the A-Team had, but I think the reason they went with no deaths was to make it more kid-friendly more than any kind of statement. A couple of scripts in season two did seem to be trying to shill for the Democrats in that year’s presidential election. Peppard was a Democrat for sure.