Law Practice
Apr. 25, 2013
'Glee' misses the mark in gun episode
The show created a link between mental and developmental disabilities and gun violence.
Michael Waterstone
Fritz B. Burns Dean
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Email: michael.waterstone@lls.edu
Last week's episode of the popular TV show "Glee" dealt with the issue of gun violence. At the high school where the show is set, two random gun shots are fired. Terrified, everyone shelters in place until the SWAT team gives the all clear. Police search for the culprit. Later, it is revealed that the shots were inadvertently fired by Becky, a character with Down's syndrome. Scared and frustrated that her high school experience was ending, and facing what she believed to be an uncertain fu...
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