The table reading of the episode was held on Wednesday, December 12, 1990. Julia Louis-Dreyfus stated, "I read the script and I remember thinking, 'We're not going to do this.'" According to Alexander, when she read a scene in which she holds the gun to her head stating, "Where do you want it, Jerry? The Kennedy? [holds the gun to her stomach] The McKinley?" (referencing the assassination of the two American presidents), Louis-Dreyfus turned to Alexander, stating, "I'm not doing this." Both Alexander and Cherones, who would direct the episode, felt that the gun content in the story was too provocative. Richards was concerned that his character would be open about arming Elaine, though in a later interview he stated, "Although, why not? I think Kramer could justify the use of a weapon."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus post VEEP would've done it and it would've won an Primetime Emmy.

I don't feel like reading an entire seinfeld episode script, what's it about and what made it so controversial?

Kramer and Newman become sovereign citizen gun nuts. They sell guns to jerry, George and Elaine

George becomes obsessed with his gun and plays with it every second. He tries gun play during sex and accidentally shoots himself in the dark

Jerry doesn’t really have an opinion until some kids pretend to shoot him while they’re playing army, after which he hates guns out of spite

Elaine tries to solve all her problems by flashing her gun all the time. Eventually she’s wanted by the police but runs away and hide

George, pissed after shooting himself, comes to Jerry’s apartment to sell his gun and sees Elaine there with her gun. Kramer and newman barge in with their rifles, notifies everyone that cops are coming because one of the tenants saw “a short angry man muttering to himself while holding a gun.”

A Waco-like siege occurs at Jerry’s apartment

Larry Charles

Larry David

too many Larries who have a first name as a surname

What's the deal with the Second Amendment?