Pubic opinion is a funny thing. When you have celebrity, public opinion can make or break you. It can paint you as the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it can also demonize you beyond repair, and nothing about public opinion approaches the truth. So it is with Will Hayden.
Will has a gun shop. Left alone he'd probably be building and repairing guns for the rest of his life. There is nothing extraordinary about Will, but as luck would have it some Hollywood producers came upon him and thought his little gun shop would make a good reality show for the Discovery Channel called "Sons of Guns." Now gunsmithing is pretty boring stuff. Not as boring as stamp collecting, but right on up there in the top five. So, in order to make the show rock Will had to build bigger guns, set off bigger explosions, yell and holler a lot more. Throw in the mix a daughter who could melt the wax off a Dixie Cup at one hundred yards, and, oh yes, they all lived in southern Louisiana. Shades of "Southern Comfort" Cable channels do that. They can take a crazy old Bible beater who makes duck calls and make him an international sensation. PUBLIC OPINION!
A man who started by adjusting firing pins on customer's pistols, and ended up on TV selling Ted Nugent a tank is invariably pro second amendment. Now before I go on I know Ted Nugent didn't have anything to do with a tank in that segment but I'm a writer and I'm taking a little bit of literary license here to make a point so bear with me, ok. Since Will is pro second amendment, wouldn't you think there are a few folks out there that are NOT pro second amendment, and would like it if Will would just go away? This is where the force of pubic opinion swings the other way.
People have relationships. With or without marriage, men and women, and for God's sake let's just keep it simple for now, co-habitate, and develop relationships all the time. They also separate all the time. Without the bond of marriage the breakup is a lot easier than divorce court. Suppose you take a woman who is living with a man who suddenly found himself very well off, with connections in Hollywood and the world is his oyster. Now suppose that man tells her to, "Get lost!" Just how do you think she's going to take that? Do you think she may be just a bit perturbed? Don't you imagine she would be looking at the very real possibility of one day having an unlimited American Express and the next having to get an extension on the electric bill? What's a girl to do?
I've seen this happen more times than I care to count. Enter the pre-teen daughter. Oh, I see the hair rising on the back of some liberal necks right now, but hear me out. All that little girl has to do is say, "He touched me THERE!" Now here's where public opinion comes in. If it were Joe Blow the cops would get involved, there would be an investigation, and either the story would gel, or it wouldn't. Cops aren't stupid. Looking at the entire situation they will home in on the root cause of the complaint. Was there a true offense, or is it something more? Between forensics, and questioning of all parties, the truth will most likely emerge, but you see, Joe Blow is not Will Hayden. Joe losing his job down at the plant doesn't have near the clout as Will being drummed off of TV with all those awful guns he loves so much. And if Will Hayden is a pervert, liberal logic only goes to follow that ALL pro second amendment advocates are perverts and if you don't think the liberal left will play that card have I got a bridge for YOU!
I am not attacking a little girl here. Calm conversation with a good doctor, and an examination will most likely return the truth. You can't brow beat an little girl. But look at the character here. Ignore the TV hype. Will is a gun smith. He is a business owner. He has a TON of money now. He lives near New Orleans. Do you really think a man like that can't find a date? Do you really think he'd risk everything he has, and his family has to fool around in his own back yard. Hey, maybe he will, but does it go round in circles?
The complaint HAS been made. Will HAD to be arrested, and the police WILL follow through. Will even understands this, but he is a realistic man and he knows there is no acquittal in the court of public opinion. The court of public opinion is the perfect venue for the liberal left. Don't worry about the facts, ignore the constitution, and get a big plug for their political agenda. They don't give a FLIP about that little girl. These people kill unborn babies, for Christ's sake! But Will Hayden is stuck. He will forever be a pedophile, and "Sons or Guns" is history. If he is innocent, and survives this event, he will forever be the old pervert in the minds of millions of people no matter what the facts prove to be. Did anybody say, "Michael Jackson?"
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