>>9344428>>9344593Yeah, some gun brands and manufacturers require payment for gun placement in media, just like with songs and similar things. Not all of them do this, either that, or if you’re vague enough, you’re allowed to do it.
However, another reason for not-real-modeled guns is that it allows for more leeway on functionality, oddities, and even errors (if the creators don’t know much about guns, or just doesn’t want to go down gun-correctness rabbithole). You know, like, if I’m a game or something, if a gun doesn’t behave EXACTLY as a gun-nut expects it to, they’ll complain and such, but if you just make your own fictional gun, you can just be like “Well, I made this fake gun, and it works that way because I made it and it’s fake”. Another reason is that, sometimes you just want to design unique weaponry to set it apart or just for coolness.
But yeah, usually it can be/is a combination of all of the above reasons.
