To be fair, part of my desensitization is from the (100% accurate documentary) Hot Fuzz. Maybe they were just establishing that Watson is a farmer... or a farmer's mum.
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I would have just assumed it was from his time in the army, since, you know... Watson was in the army. And also the fact he is a detective's assistant that got into scraps with bad guys frequently.
Is this media literacy?
It could also be cultural diffrences manifesting
I kinda want to buy a handgun just because taking them apart and putting them together looks fun. I know they make fidget toys for that but tue ones I've seen are too simplified.
I have to hand it to you, this is the most unique reason I've heard to buy a gun before.
You gotta admit, the mechanics of some of them are quite cool.
It's all fun and gun lube until you have to put back together a trigger assembly.
Weird example…
I would think he is a character involved with detective work, which is a component of law enforcement and therefore it is not out of the ordinary for the character to possess a gun.
British detectives don’t really carry guns though. Unless they are part of a special unit. This Sherlock episode the post talks about takes place in modern day London so he would definitely not own a gun for his job. At least not legally.
Also, and its been a while since I watched the show, wasn't he a former cop or something?
I may be way off.
Former army doctor. He's doctor Watson after all. But usually you don't take your service firearm home with you when you're done in most countries at least, so that would likely be a personal one. And in the first episode he hadn't yet started the detective work.
Americans are desensitized to guns, but the Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories was a military veteran who often carried his army revolver. Anybody with a passing familiarity with the character of Dr. Watson could think, "I guess he keeps his gun in his desk."
This post says "the first episode of sherlock where john watson opens up his drawer and you see a gun".
So, it's talking about the Sherlock mini-series from 2010 which was set in modern times. I don't think that in modern times a military veteran is allowed to keep a gun in a drawer.
I’m a veteran with a .22 in my desk drawer that has a muzzle suppressor (if I am going to use it I don’t want to damage my ears).
And do you live inside or outside of the US?
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