Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) gets it right about guns...

[WI_DEM]

And didn't Barney have to keep his one bullet in his pocket?

[Hoyt]

1. Good one. Too bad our gun cultists don't feel the same way.

[Rex]

2. IF ONLY real life was like that. nt

nt

[samsingh]

3. i never appreciated Andy Taylor as a kid watching the show. i thought he should be carrying a gun

After maturing a lot, I appreciate the serene message he was trying to give.

He's a great man.

[philosslayer]

4. And a good Democrat to boot (Andy Griffith that is)

Look it up

[Thinkingabout]

5. Yes, Barney had one bullet and his shakey hand had diffuculty loading the one bullet.

There was respect for Sheriff Andy, he commanded attention without a gun, something many in the US should learn, respect the person, he did not need a gun.

[Kalidurga]

6. Yeah, Barney only got one bullet

and he almost lost the privilege of having that a few times.

[Uben]

7. It was a dud.....

....Andy wouldn't really give Barney a live bullet. But it seemed to make Barney happy. That way he could show it off to Thelma Lou!

[Kalidurga]

8. LOL but it was good at knocking the plaster out of the ceiling

good to know it wouldn't be so good at putting a hole in someone. The way things are going I think they should do this with the majority of the police force.

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. Barney training deputies.

[book_worm]

11. Nip it--Nip it in the bud

[Elwood P Dowd]

12. "There are two rules here at The Rock.

First rule.....obey all rules."

[Rhiannon12866]

13. And wasn't he always shooting himself in the foot?

[petronius]

10. Reminds me, in an inverse sort of way, of the film Grand Canyon (1991),

which I haven't seen for 20 years...

Simon: I've gotta ask you for a favor. Let me go my way here. This truck's my responsibility, and now that the car's hooked up to it, it's my responsibility too.

Rocstar: Do you think I'm stupid? Just answer that question first.

Simon: Look, I don't know nothing about you; you don't know nothing about me. I don't know if you're stupid, or some kind of genius. All I know is that I need to get out of here, and you got the gun. So I'm asking you, for the second time, let me go my way here.

Rocstar: I'm gonna grant you that favor, and I'm gonna expect you to remember it if we ever meet again. But tell me this, are you asking me as a sign of respect, or are you asking because I've got the gun?

Simon: Man, the world ain't supposed to work like this. I mean, maybe you don't know that yet. I'm supposed to be able to do my job without having to ask you if I can. That dude is supposed to be able to wait with his car without you ripping him off. Everything is supposed to be different than it is.

Rocstar: So what's your answer?

Simon: You ain't got the gun, we ain't having this conversation.

Rocstar: That's what I thought: no gun, no respect. That's why I always got the gun.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101969/

[Uncle Joe]

14. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, WI_DEM.

[Staph]

15. Thanks so much for this.

I have just hated the cartoons that have come out the last week, showing Andy and Barney dressed up in full military gear as if they were the cops of Ferguson. There is no way Andy and Barney (or more importantly, Griffith and Knotts) would ever have behaved in that way. They were both good liberals, not reactionary goons!