My Uzi Weighs A Ton
That’s the name of an art show on guns in pop culture. The whole point of an Uzi was to have a lightweight weapon, I thought.
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August 26th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Owning an Uzi (semi-auto), I would suggest that the reason for an Uzi is to have a sub-machine gun that’s very controllable.
It’s darn heavy so it stays on target.
August 26th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
On the pop culture thing: The Winchester 94 was the only rifle Hollywood knew in its Westerns (until Sam Pechinpah and Clint Eastwood came along), and the UZI the only subgun in its shoot’m ups starting in the ’70s.
August 26th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
BTW, does anybody know whether the President’s Secret Service detail still carries mini-UZIs in those break open briefcases?
August 26th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Just talking now. I understand the UZI replaced the Sten as Israel’s subgun. My father had a Sten in the army. He called it “the most worthless weapon ever made”. I trust that he knew what he was talking about. Could be the popularity of the UZI was due to its comparison with the previous generation of submachineguns?
August 26th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
“Miuzi Weighs a Ton” is a Public Enemy tune from the album”Yo! Bum Rush The Show”, so there’s the pop culture reference for the name of the show.
August 26th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Uzis are reliable and compact, but not lightweight. Frederick Forsythe pointed that out in his novel The Dogs of War back in 1974.
August 26th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
I read that book and almost threw it away when I got to the part that Schmeisser P38s/40s were the weapon of choice.
Frederick Forsyth also wrote some nonsense about mercury-filled hollow points in “Day of The Jackal”.
There was another very good mystery writer, Ed McBain, who also knew nothing about guns: “Steve Carella clicked the safety off his .38 revolver”. I swear.
Fiction does not stop anywhere.
August 26th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
I think the Secret Service has H&K back-ups they use when on duty in Saudi Arabia where carrying around an Israeli weapon is bad P.R., at least that’s what I’ve heard.