Why No Guns?
Wouldn't life have been much easier if Scooby and his gang carried guns?
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Yeah, but then everyone would be working too hard replacing all the guns with walkie talkies.
Lets put a SMILE on that face!
Hanna Barbara is very anti gun. The only exception would be their cartoon Johnny Quest which was controversial for that very reason.
shareHow would Scoob handle a firearm? Shaggy got freaked out too easily. He'd be plugging unarmed villains by the score.
Yeah Shaggy and Scooby are runnin around stoned outta their skull, you really wanna hand them guns? Probably the only ones I'd trust with a gun are Fred and Velma, and I kinda see Velma being some type of anti-gun pacifist.
Or maybe not, lol.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAkyqtoZTzQ
They had a gun very early on in the series, but Shaggy turned it into a bong.
shareScooby-Doo was specifically developed to be a non-violent alternative to the H-B superhero shows that preceded it in the 1960s. Guns were definitely out - the guns in (Saturday morning edited versions of) Jonny Quest led to parent group protests, as did the "weird monsters" on "Space Ghost", "The Herculoids", etc.
Plus, none of the kids were old enough to purchase handguns from a professional reseller according to federal law.
One surprising element of Scooby doo and the Boo Brothers is the appearance of guns. Scooby, Shag and Scrappy get repeatedly shot at by the hick neighbor Billy Bob Scroggins who wants to continue the multigenerational Scroggins-Beauregard(Shag's family)feud. The sheriff also uses his gun at one point. Even Scrappy wants to use one at one point and points it at Shaggy by mistake. It also features sister Sadie Mae Scroggins repeatedly sexually assaulting Shaggy! There are more kisses here than all previous series combined. Despite this, I like this movie,and it's really the best of Shag and Scooby's solo efforts.
shareI love that movie too. I think I want to go watch it now.
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