The new Gun TV channel has many goals but one of the main goals is teaching safety.
“We talk about education, safety and training often, and the firearms industry is marketing and promoting its products in the same fashion for a very long time so trends more recently online and we saw an opportunity to increase with safety messaging and fill a need,” Gun TV co-founder Valerie Castle told The Daily Caller in an exclusive interview.
Surprisingly, Castle and other Gun TV executives faced very little pushback from the liberal media and anti-gun forces for putting a channel on television dedicated to firearms. Castle said there were some dissenting opinions but nobody tried to shut them down.
“I don’t have a crystal ball and can’t tell you what the future holds, but we are operating within what our policymakers have said can be done, so we’re so excited and we’re excited for you to be able to tune into our advertising because our programming speaks for itself, it really does,” she explained.
Castle also made it very clear that nobody on Gun TV will ever endorse a product, “unless they’ve taken that product out on the range themselves. So they’re experts in their own experiences.”
Ordering a gun seen on Gun TV isn’t any harder than currently ordering a gun offline. If viewers see something they like then they can order via phone or online and the transaction follows federal regulations like any other gun sale.
The full lineup of Gun TV includes:
Carly Twissleman, an actress and professional rodeo competitor, comes from a firearms enthusiast ranching family.
Eric Anderson, former USMC field artillery platoon Sergeant, NRA certified firearms instructor, hunter safety instructor in the state of Florida, CMSA men’s level 6 cowboy mounted shooter board member and Top Shot Season 2 contender, also trains individuals in extreme horsemanship, marksmanship and firearms safety.
Denny Chapman, former law enforcement officer, is a professional cowboy mounted shooting competitor and NRA firearms instructor with his own line of signature products for the sport of mounted shooting and equestrian enthusiasts.
Amy Robbins, TV producer and host, model, certified NRA firearms instructor and all-American Texan, brings her passion for her family, faith, fashion and firearms to GunTV.
Anette Wachter, aka 30CalGal, is a member of the US Long Range Rifle Team and the 2015 World Palma Team, professional precision rifle and 3 gun competitor and a writer and blogger with her own line of gun jewelry.
Bree Warner, a veteran actress and auxiliary police officer with a large metropolitan police department, is also the founder of TactigalNYC gun blog, founded to empower women.
KC Kahne has been an avid shooter since his boyhood and with his certification as an NRA firearms instructor, KC has sought out and trained with some of the most respected and elite trainers in the firearms world.
Rydell Danzi, a military veteran with a passion for helping vets and non-vets, has directed and performed in films and is an avid outdoorsman.
Billy Birdzell, an officer in the USMC and a founding member of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) served two tours in Iraq before coming home to earn an MBA and join the NRA Office of Advancement, while still finding time to enjoy the great outdoors and become a competitive shooter.
Gun TV premieres 1 a.m. Eastern time April 1.
