# Have Gun Will Travel NRA episode **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201 "2018-04-27T01:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201/21 "2018-05-01T23:34:58Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > It sounds like he became a bad guy with a gun. Who stopped him? Paladin, the protagonist. Your basic 1960s TV Good Guy With a Gun (Will Travel). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201/22 "2018-05-02T05:27:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The antagonist would have joined right up. The kind of guy that helps give them a bad name. No. The point of the show was that the kid was a wimp being taken advantage of before Paladin taught him how to use a gun. Then the power went to his head. It is about how absolute power corrupts absolutely. Actually I suspect the guy would want to lock up the guns of everyone else. Anyhow, back then the NRA did Communist things like teach gun safety. It was before they were taken over by the nuts. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201/23 "2018-05-02T11:48:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Paladin, the protagonist. Your basic 1960s TV Good Guy With a Gun (Will Travel). 🙂 There _were_ a lot of TV series and movies in the 60’s that idolized gunslingers. I wonder if this contributed to America’s favorite obsession. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201/24 "2018-05-02T20:04:29Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The antagonist would have joined right up. The kind of guy that helps give them a bad name. Really? What makes you think he would “have joined right up”? Seems to me like you are painting with a very broad brush, and you’re using the wrong paint to boot. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201/25 "2018-05-02T20:05:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > No. The point of the show was that the kid was a wimp being taken advantage of before Paladin taught him how to use a gun. Then the power went to his head. **It is about how absolute power corrupts absolutely.** > Actually I suspect the guy would want to lock up the guns of everyone else. Anyhow, back then the NRA did Communist things like teach gun safety. It was before they were taken over by the nuts. Bingo. And to the best of my knowledge, the NRA still teaches gun safety and isn’t run by nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201/26 "2018-05-02T20:18:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I knew that Werner Klemperer was Jewish, and accepted the part with the assurance that “Klink would never win”. I did not know that all the Nazi parts were played by Jews. The 4 main Nazi parts were played by Jews. (Schultz, Klink, Hochstetter and Burkhalter) And all 4 of those guys served in the US army during WW 2. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-gun-will-travel-nra-episode/813201.md?page=1)