, ▁S nake ▁sn atch es ▁the ▁gun . ▁The ▁other ▁N RA ▁members ▁arrive ▁and ▁fo il ▁S nake , ▁who ▁esc apes . ▁H omer ▁then ▁says ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁trust ▁himself ▁and ▁asks ▁Mar ge ▁to ▁throw ▁the ▁gun ▁away ▁herself . ▁However , ▁Mar ge ▁sees ▁a ▁reflection ▁of ▁herself ▁holding ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁tr ash ▁can ▁and ▁dec ides ▁to ▁keep ▁it . ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁episode ▁to ▁air ▁which ▁was ▁executive ▁produced ▁by ▁Mike ▁S cul ly . ▁Sam ▁Simon ▁pitch ed ▁an ▁episode ▁for ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁seasons ▁which ▁saw ▁H omer ▁getting ▁a ▁gun ▁and ▁nobody ▁wanting ▁him ▁to ▁have ▁it . ▁The ▁episode ▁concluded ▁with ▁H omer ▁fo iling ▁a ▁rob ber y ▁and ▁stating ▁that ▁although ▁guns ▁bring ▁destruction , ▁it ▁worked ▁for ▁him . ▁However , ▁this ▁episode ▁was ▁pitch ed ▁by ▁S cul ly ▁for ▁either ▁season ▁seven ▁or ▁eight , ▁before ▁being ▁used ▁for ▁season ▁nine . ▁This ▁provided ▁the ▁basic ▁outline , ▁and ▁John ▁Sw art zw el der ▁wrote ▁the ▁script . ▁A ▁lot ▁of ▁lines ▁in ▁the ▁episode ▁put ▁guns ▁in ▁a ▁positive ▁light , ▁as ▁the ▁staff ▁felt ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁just ▁make ▁an ▁episode ▁about ▁how ▁bad ▁they ▁were . ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁staff , ▁including ▁Sw art zw el der , ▁are ▁" pro ▁gun ", ▁although ▁others , ▁such ▁as ▁Matt ▁Gro ening , ▁are ▁completely ▁against ▁them . ▁The ▁episode ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁non -