Jack Webb was a wise man. He also married Julie London. Gave her up to Bobby Troup. Stayed friends..
I have all the Dragnet episodes on dvd including the rare early ones usually left off collections.
On of the later color ones Henry Morgan quips to a gun owner being rousted as Sgt.Friday confiscates his guns in his home
“The minutes you spend getting to your gun safe and opening it to confront the home intruder should be spent using your phone to call the police to come out to handle it.”
Another had a man with several different weapons and the implication was he was going to become an unhinged zealot and a menace to society.
Which is how all tv crime shows present Christians, too. Spouting bible verses and acting like Pence with tight mouth and shifty eyes.