Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-212.56.135.17-20160525143405/@comment-27565137-20160601165740

Skyzy wrote: You're forgetting that only 97 years passed since an apocalypse. People had guns immediately following the apocalypse and you can bet they taught their children how to use them and care for them. Grounders don't/didn't use guns because the MM threatened to wipe them out over the last 50 years if they did; not because they didn't know how. That's like saying a British person will shoot themselves in the face if someone hands them a gun.

No. I'm not forgetting that little detail. But what you seem to be forgetting is that it was a post-apocalyptic scenario. We don't know how many people survived. What knowledge they possessed. Just because you can own a gun doesn't mean you know how to make bullets or even create more guns.

Also there was most likely nuclear fallout followed by nuclear winter. I'm sure people had more things on their minds than trying to make more bullets and guns. Or even finding more. Food and medical supplies would be top priority.

Just think of for example Las Vegas. If there was no one to keep things running. To keep the desert at bay. In much less than 97 years it would be mainly a sand covered city.

Things work as long as the people that keep them working are available. In a post-apocalyptic scenario there's no telling who's gonna survive and if they bring any useful knowledge that can be passed on. Also we've been shown very little of that world. For all we know there's other cities where descendents from survivers use guns, know how to make them, and even use electricity.

If next season doesn't end this show. We might get to see just that.