Otiose

This an odd duck of a series that posits what would happen if oppressed and wronged people suddenly received guns in the mail. The show doesn't withhold suspense with violent retribution by people with grudges against the guilty and innocent alike. In other words the writers in this fantasy world see lots and lots of random mindless gun violence breaking out.

I suspected the between the lines and sometimes obvious anti-gun messaging creeping up but enjoyed the action and story nonetheless. However at the end the messaging becomes obvious and heavy handed.

Living in a US state where obtaining guns is extremely easy IF you haven't committed any crimes I find the message just plain wrong headed. Criminals generally can only get guns illegally here. The odd truth about guns is that they go far to protecting people from violence from people who don't respect the law. A researcher, John Lott, decades ago wrote a book that captured this effect called "More Guns Less Crime" in which he analyzed county by county crime statistics comparing states and counties where guns are restricted vs less restricted and discovered the causal correlation between people having more legal guns and there being less crime.