Orion Entertainment is looking for a few, heavily-armed preppers for a new reality show.
The new show would showcase preppers who are stockpiling weapons and “…their chilling motivations…” Orion wants viewers to be “…wowwed by the collection” of guns, knives, NVG and other armament owned by the prepper.
I obviously believe that guns should be a part of anyone’s disaster preparations. But, I do not believe that guns should be the focal point of anyone’s preps. In my mind, prepping should be balanced, seeking to address the most likely needs first and building out from there. Guns and ammo are important: just not the main focus.
It seems to me that this new show will not help the prepping movement at all. People who are seriously trying to prepare for any kind of disruption probably won’t learn anything from the show, while anyone who is not prepping will likely be turned off from the concept after being show that preppers are just “survivalist nuts” looking for World War III.
I haven’t seen any of Orion’s other work, but they do seem to offer good programing such as Grateful Nation (hunting afield with disabled vets) and Don’t Be a Victim (hosted by Gerald McRaney). I hope this new prepping series doesn’t end up being what I fear it might.
