According to GunTV’s promo video, the cable TV service’s goal is to “spread a social responsibility message.” It’s all about promoting firearms-related education, information and safety. Yes, well, GunTV is QVC for firearms. “Our unique platform allows industry manufacturers to showcase products through our talented and experienced on-air hosts,” their presser [posted below] proclaims. “Viewers will receive in-depth, entertaining product demonstrations, and see the products in action, an important component of the purchasing decision.” Click here to live stream GunTV tomorrow, when it launches . . .
Social Responsibility Network’s GunTV to air across the USA on April 1, 2016
Hockessin, Del. (March 31, 2016) – Social Responsibility Network LLC and GTV Live Shopping LLC, are launching GunTV, a television shopping network for firearms and related consumer goods, on April 1, 2016. The network will air across the country on a variety of cable networks and television stations. The new GunTV website, www.guntv.tv, will be launched simultaneously.
“We are very excited to bring our new concept of shopping for firearms and accessories to live television. Our unique platform allows industry manufacturers to showcase products through our talented and experienced on-air hosts. Viewers will receive in-depth, entertaining product demonstrations, and see the products in action, an important component of the purchasing decision.” said Valerie Castle, Managing Partner of GunTV.
GunTV will initially air 7-days a week from 1AM to 7AM EST and plans to scale the network to a 24/7 broadcast schedule. Leading manufacturers will be featured with product demonstrations punctuated with three minutes of firearms safety public service announcements every hour. The network will also provide a superior level of service through highly trained and knowledgeable customer experience representatives recruited from the veteran and former law enforcement community who will assist GunTV customers with making purchases over the phone and online.
“We understand that the more informed we are as consumers, the better purchasing decisions we make. At GunTV, safety is our number one priority. GunTV offers education, information and safety regarding firearms, and we follow all local State and Federal Regulations. GunTV does not ship firearms directly to consumers. All firearm orders are fulfilled by a Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer, and all firearm purchases through GunTV are subject to background checks.” said Ms. Castle.
GunTV’s hosts, culled from the shooting sports and former law enforcement and military communities, are entertaining and experienced with all types of firearms.
Carly Twissleman, an actress and professional rodeo competitor, comes from a firearms enthusiast ranching family.
Eric Anderson, former USMC field artillery platoon Sergeant, NRA certified firearms instructor, hunter safety instructor in the state of Florida, CMSA men’s level 6 cowboy mounted shooter board member and Top Shot Season 2 contender, also trains individuals in extreme horsemanship, marksmanship and firearms safety.
Denny Chapman, former law enforcement officer, is a professional cowboy mounted shooting competitor and NRA firearms instructor with his own line of signature products for the sport of mounted shooting and equestrian enthusiasts.
Amy Robbins, TV producer and host, model, certified NRA firearms instructor and all-American Texan, brings her passion for her family, faith, fashion and firearms to GunTV.
Anette Wachter, aka 30CalGal, is a member of the US Long Range Rifle Team and the 2015 World
Palma Team, professional precision rifle and 3 gun competitor and a writer and blogger with her own line of gun jewelry.
Bree Warner, a veteran actress and auxiliary police officer with a large metropolitan police department, is also the founder of TactigalNYC gun blog, founded to empower women.
KC Kahne has been an avid shooter since his boyhood and with his certification as an NRA firearms instructor, KC has sought out and trained with some of the most respected and elite trainers in the firearms world.
Rydell Danzi, a military veteran with a passion for helping vets and non-vets, has directed and performed in films and is an avid outdoorsman.
Billy Birdzell, an officer in the USMC and a founding member of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) served two tours in Iraq before coming home to earn an MBA and join the NRA Office of Advancement, while still finding time to enjoy the great outdoors and become a competitive shooter.
![By Larry Keane President Joe Biden traveled to New York City for a media event to try and show America he’s doing something about rampant crime. Instead, he blamed the Second Amendment and lawful gun owners, said nothing about holding criminals to account and repeated the same tired lies about the firearm industry he keeps at the ready – lies “fact-checked” as being false each time he’s previously recited them. It makes no difference to the president. He’s not even trying anymore. To President Biden and national gun control groups the problem is always the gun and the law-abiding members of the industry. It’s never the criminal. Blaming the ‘Resistance’ President Biden was joined by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams for a “Gun Violence Strategies Partnership” meeting to talk about how to solve the crime surge, particularly those involving firearms. Instead of real solutions, the focus devolved into blaming law-abiding gun owners and again pushing a gun control agenda. “Enough is enough,” President Biden said. “Because we know we can do things about this, but for the resistance, we’re getting from some sectors of the government and the Congress and the state legislatures, and the organizational structures out there.” That “resistance” the president spoke of is the American people. Over the past two years they’ve become fed up with police defunding policies and soft-on-crime prosecutors, like Manhattan’s Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg. They’ve invested in their own safety. The “resistance” is the 21 million lawful gun buyers in 2020, including more than 8.4 million first-time buyers, and the 18.5 million gun buyers in 2021, with more than 5.4 million first-timers. The ”resistance” has backstopped Congress from passing federal gun control that don’t address crime. It also stopped President Biden’s nominations of paid gun control lobbyist David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and banking activist Saule Omarova as Comptroller of the Currency because not even all U.S. Senate Democrats could support them. They would have turned those agencies into bludgeons to hammer the firearm industry to achieve a special interest, gun control agenda. Favorite Falsehoods The president turned his aim from lawful gun owners towards the firearm industry and repeated a lie he’s rehearsed several times before. “Imagine had we had a liabil… [sic] they’re the only industry in America that is exempted from being able to be sued by the public. Only one,” the president protested. “Why the gun manufacturers?… It’s got to end. They’ve got to be held responsible for the things they do that are irresponsible.” He repeated the claim for emphasis. “And I find that outrageous.” This is flatly false. The president knows by now, or his speechwriters do and they don’t bother with the facts. CNN, Politicfact and Washington Post have all checked President Biden on his remark, including after he said it in the White House Rose Garden. CNN cleanly rebuked it. “This is false. Gun manufacturers are not entirely exempt from being sued, nor are they only industry with some liability protections.” Politifact rated it “false.” Washington Post wasn’t kinder, saying, “Biden is wrong to claim the gun industry is totally immune.” The firearm industry has liability protections under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), bipartisan legislation enacted under former President George W. Bush. The firearm industry cannot be held liable when unaffiliated third-parties, in this case criminals, misuse a legal, lawfully sold product. It’s fundamental tort law and is similar to an individual attempting to hold Ford and Budweiser responsible for drunk driving deaths. The law was passed in direct response to lawsuits filed against the industry by control groups and municipalities like the city of New York and the state of New York. These type of lawsuit continue to be filed, now even by foreign governments represented by the same gun control group, the Brady Center. Colonial-Era Error President Biden continued to ignore facts on the Second Amendment and its history. He even erred when speaking about the Revolution-era days and why the right to keep and bear arms was so sacrosanct. “When the amendment was passed, it didn’t say anybody could own a gun and any kind of gun and any kind of weapon,” President Biden remarked. “You couldn’t buy a cannon, and when – the – when this, uh, this amendment was passed.” It did, and does, say the right of the People “shall not be infringed.” Even The Washington Post was brutal in their assignment of “Four Pinocchio’s” to this statement. “Biden has already been fact-checked on this claim — and it’s been deemed false. We have no idea where he conjured up this notion about a ban on cannon ownership in the early days of the Republic, but he needs to stop making this claim.” In fact, the Constitution of early America – before the Bill of Rights, and Second Amendment, was even ratified – granted and encouraged “special waivers” to American merchants and sailors, “allowing private individuals to act as pirates on behalf of the United States against countries engaged in war with it.” Americans given waivers and who owned warships obviously also obtained cannons for use in battle. In fact, it is still perfectly legal to buy a cannon today. It is the presidents’ fundamental misunderstanding and blatant lying about the Second Amendment that informs his gun control agenda and misguided approach to solving the crime problem. Millions of law-abiding Americans took ownership of their Second Amendment rights to protect themselves, understanding the president won’t. Instead of mangling the meaning of the right and pushing for more gun control on law-abiding Americans, the president should keep it simple. Take on the criminals and punish them for breaking the law.](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/download-26-218x150.jpeg "Mainstream Media Lies to Cover for Kamala")
Alrighty then-I’ll wait and see.
Bet more than a few think GTV is an April fools joke on the antis.
Boy will they be surprised!
Well, good luck, guys…
My advice to the folks in that photo, though, is to keep your resume circulating. This doesn’t seem like a real long-term business model to me.
Agree, I just don’t see a viable business model, 9 employees to start?
I doubt I’ll be buying ammo from them, seeing as there are ammo-seeking search engines and the like.
Gun folks don’t tend to be couch potatoes staring at a TV screen for hours waiting for the next ‘deal’. Things like work and family eat up a lot their time.
I just don’t see it.
Well, maybe one person will be a couch potato sending out Tweets if a screaming deal pops up…
Hells bell’s, who will freaking bother with that bullsh!t?
Has to be an April fools…
Airing from 1A to 7A? Who did the demo on that? I mean, the selected air talent checks all the boxes – cowboy, ex-mil, few eye candies, token black guy, vaguely Hispanic guy. Follows the formula. But still.
Has to be an elaborate April Fools. Or someone really stupid with a whole lotta money.
Hockessin, Del. huh? That isn’t far from where Joe Biden ‘lives’. Probably just incorporated there for tax and legal purposes.
That’s the only reason any business has a Delaware address – tax and legal purposes. It’s almost always a PO box, almost no one actually has an office there.
If you’re in a $10MM-$1B-ish environment, likely DE is advantageous. Once you pass the $1B threshold, the off-shore tricks used by the big boys begin to make sense. But you really need dedicated people for those strategies.
It starts April 1?
Thanks for reminding me to keep an eye out for TTAGs ‘April Fools’ post…
Especially since the video says it is launching in 20″15″.
April fools?
Edit: Beat by Geoff by less than one second!
Does the fact that tomorrow is April Fools Day have any bearing on the legitimacy of this story?
This will be a helluva litmus test for 1st amendment support on the left.
What channel will it be? I want to watch. 🙂 Or is this another April fools joke?
Best joke ev…ver! Slow clap in. 5…4…3
Since it’s not the first yet, I clicked the link.
Do these people really know anything about guns?
Or maybe I’m just unschooled. I stared at the loaded round on the screen shot…
Anybody else see something wrong?
Well, it says: “GunTV going Live April 1 at 1am Eastern and 10pm Pacific”
I’ll stay up another hour and a half and see what’s up…
Geoff,
Click the “here” link above. It takes you to their web site tv screen.
Look at the loaded cartridge image on the right of the screen. (Don’t get distracted by the silhouette of the gal with the pistol) ?
OK, I’m lookin’ at it.
It’s a little odd, like its in 3 segments, strange-ish vertical reflection…
What am I supposed to be seeing?
Exactly that. It’s like a loaded round, seated into another casing. Like plopping a .223 round inside a 10mm case. It’s stupid.
More stupid than the AR pictured with an optic mounted atop the non floating hand guard with the carry handle…
If this is real, it’s going to be more marketing hype than anything.
If it’s going to be like QVC, expect flower chamber flags, pink fuzzy gun cases and other drivel. Oh well, wait and see…
And the gal has her finger on the trigger.
Yeah, who mounts an optic on the hand guard?
That and the weird cartridge, it looks like no one who was a gun person looked at that graphic.
At least 3 glaring errors…
“Spreading social responsibility”….that like spreading a socially transmitted disease?
When it comes to an STD, sharing *isn’t* caring…
*groan*
“The QVC of firearms.” That’s one strike against.
It’s now streaming on their website, looks like Home Shopping Network, they’re selling a Taurus 709 for $249.99.
That Taurus price is the same as Bud’s price.
It does seems to be a real channel…
So is this a real cable network channel One which I can watch on Brighthouse? Or is this A podcast that you have to watch on a computer? Can anyone assist me with this?
Click this: https://www.guntv.tv/
At the top of the page, click WATCH-NOW
Thank you brother. It’s very much like watching Home Shopping Network is the only bad thing that I can see so far.
Well that is good publicity for firearms, however I dont like the idea of giving out information to people about firearms or related products over the phone or net. They may want to know the exsact location of the boat that my x girlfiend stole and sank with all my firearms on board, even tho she denys it.
Their HQ is near me, I wonder if they are hiring.
Limited choices of weaponry. Just checked out their website. Not much in handguns or rifles. Perhaps, overtime, they’ll have choices to drool over. Not at this time, though.
Watching it now. My wife is going to hate this.
Doomed to fail. I don’t think they realize who there market is if one of their lead-off sales pitches is fro a Desert Eagle 44. Seriously?
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