Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20170216010925/@comment-16581186-20170216034738

This episode had a great message and I stand with it. I really hope that the people can get reasonable restrictions on guns to at least begin to slow gun violence. Like Oliver said, we can protect our freedom while also protecting our lives.

Message aside, this was a great episode. Tbh I hate this show's knack flashback sequences. Almost every time, it's completely irrelevant, boring, time-filling garbage. But I actually enjoyed the flashbacks of this episode, probably because they were all dedicated to Rene's backstory and learning more about him. Although, not only do I disagree with him on the gun debate, but this episode contradicted his main point. Rene said, "Guns save lives. If I had my gun, my wife would still be alive". Apparently he lied, because the flashbacks show that he did in fact have his gun at the time his wife was in danger, even shot the gunman with it to kill him, but the gunman fell at directly in line with Rene's wife, his finger still slipped and shot her. So... ​because​ Rene had his gun and shot the guy, his wife was killed. Kinda foreshadows that more gun are ineffective in combating gun violence. Not sure if that's what the writers were going for, but that's what it seemed like.