The Disposable PPK

CajunCajun Posts: 481MI6 Agent
edited January 2017 in General James Bond Chat
Hey folks, new to the forums.

Sure, we're all aware it's Hollywood. But what exactly compels movie writers to have Bond voluntarily discard his PPK on occasion? I can't think of any purpose other than to overdramatically demonstrate Bond's disgust and/or that THAT particular pistol is no longer in the fight.

The obvious reality is that agency-issued firearms are intensely controlled items with severe consequences for losing them. Even if Bond's pistols were "sterile" (untraceable), it stands to reason that an agent still bears the immense responsibility of ensuring that a firearm doesn't fall into unknown hands.

The entertainment industry of all communities is one of the most critical regarding the politics and safety of firearms. A bit ironic all things considered.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "Well, it got so that every piss-ant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille. It got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word "draw" in my sleep. Then one day I was just walking down the street, when I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around, and there I was face-to-face with a six-year-old kid. Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass! So I limped to the nearest saloon, crawled inside a whiskey bottle, and I've been there ever since" ... I think it's simply visual shorthand for being "Done" with his job ?
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,059Chief of Staff
    Most folks call you Jim?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Do you want to play chess or ..... :p

    Although I think even Liam Neeson in Taken 2 threw his gun down ?
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  • CajunCajun Posts: 481MI6 Agent
    I think it's simply visual shorthand for being "Done" with his job ?
    Plausible...although in SF's opening he was simply done with the pistol's magazine, with plenty of work left to do!
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I remember having a similar discussion before, as the gun can still be used to hit with
    Or even threaten people. Although it happens in so many films. Same with horror films
    When they get a chance to hit the masked killer. So they hit him once and run off.........
    .... Instead of hitting him multiple times, so he won't get up !
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  • DB6DB6 EnglandPosts: 1,196MI6 Agent
    This particular movie habit always bugs me!

    It's counterintuitive for anyone with military small arms training (pistols etc) to throw their weapon away; you are bonded to it (forgive the pun). Not sure the literary Bond ever threw his weapon away - can't remember every book!
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    I would really like to know how many pistols in total Bond has been issued in the movies? If one doesn't count the pistols he picked up during a mission and assume the gun he has at the end of one movie is the same as the one he carries at the begining of the next, what is the total number?
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    On average he probably loses one per film. Getting captured etc. In SPECTRE he loses one and throws the other away. In SF he throws one away and loses two :s
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    No wonder Q isn't a fan :D
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    No wonder Q isn't a fan :D

    That's why he took his PPK off him in Moonraker and gave him a dart gun that was affixed to his body :))
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