History YMMV / SonsOfGuns

* JerkassWoobie: While Vince wasn't the easiest person to deal with even before his ScrewThisImOuttaHere moment, some of his mistakes and irritability could be a result of a lack of sleep suffered while he was the one trying to meet tight project deadlines Will agreed to.

* MoralEventHorizon: If Vince didn't cross it by [[spoiler: Walking out on the shop in the middle of the day and leaving it locked]], than he definitely did by [[spoiler: jacking up the price of the .458 SOCOM barrels Red Jacket needed to complete an order for little reason other than sheer spite.]]
** While it seems like small potatoes in hindsight, considering Will's crimes that were revealed later, however, Vince was absolutely pushed to that point by Will, Steph, and Kris, and they honestly should be taking the blame for that. Vince was a Managing partner of the shop, but kept getting repeatedly shut out on any decisions, despite that those decisions gave him extra work but not extra pay. He saved the business by taking over the Federal Firearms Licence for the shop, because both Will AND Steph both lost theirs and their ability to hold one due to gross negligence. He was doing something like 80-90% of the actual gunsmithing work, while also training the clueless new guy at the same time. He was regularly getting insulted and humiliated on national TV to make his boss look good. And on top of all of that, he wasn't getting paid any extra for any of that, didn't get overtime, and was basically the butt-monkey of the show. There's no moral failing in leaving a situation like that even if it inconveniences your (ex)Boss, and you can hardly fault the guy for refusing to give the shop that treated him like shit a sweetheart deal on expensive custom parts.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Really, Will, we know you have issues with Vince, and he unfairly jacked up the price on you, but was an extra couple grand really worth staying ninety grand in the hole? Much of the drama of this season would have been avoided had you just swallowed your pride from the start.
** Tom. Unprofessional behavior, Check. Critical mistakes that could have easily resulted in serious injury, check. Failure to get along with coworkers, check. Refusal to take responsibility for own mistakes or failures, check. Arrogance and ItsAllAboutMe attitude, check. [[spoiler: Throwing a temper tantrum, and getting in a shouting match with your supervisor in full view of your coworkers and YOUR BOSS,]] Check! Doing all of this on NATIONAL TELEVISION, Check-freaking-mate! Hope you like janitorial work, cause that's probably the only job that will hire you now.

** While it seems like small potatoes in hindsight, considering Will's crimes that were revealed later, however, Vince was absolutely pushed him that point by Will, Steph, and Kris, and they honestly should be taking the blame for that. Vince was a Managing partner of the shop, but kept getting repeatedly shut out on any decisions, despite that those decisions gave him extra work but not extra pay. He saved the business by taking over the Federal Firearms Licence for the shop, because both Will AND Steph both lost theirs and their ability to hold one due to gross negligence. He was doing something like 80-90% of the actual gunsmithing work, while also training the clueless new guy at the same time. He was regularly getting insulted and humiliated on national TV to make his boss look good. And on top of all of that, he wasn't getting paid any extra for any of that, didn't get overtime, and was basically the butt-monkey of the show. There's no moral failing in leaving a situation like that even if it inconveniences your (ex)Boss, and you can hardly fault the guy for refusing to give the shop that treated him like shit a sweetheart deal on expensive custom parts.

** While it seems like small potatoes in hindsight, considering Will's crimes that were revealed later, however, Vince was absolutely pushed him that point, and honestly should be taking the blame for that. Vince was a Managing partner of the shop, but kept getting repeatedly shut out on any decisions, despite that those decisions gave him extra work. He saved the business by taking over the Federal Firearms Licence for the shop, because both Will AND Steph both lost theirs and their ability to hold one due to gross negligence. He was doing something like 80-90% of the actual gunsmithing work, while also training the clueless new guy at the same time. He was regularly getting insulted and humiliated on national TV to make his boss look good. And on top of all of that, he wasn't getting paid any extra for any of that, didn't get overtime, and was basically the butt-monkey of the show. There's no moral failing in leaving a situation like that even if it inconveniences your (ex)Boss, and you can hardly fault the guy for refusing to give the shop that treated him like shit a sweetheart deal on expensive custom parts.

* BrokenBase: Far, far too many for a healthy series to have. Where to start? The way Will's attitude sometimes comes off, the way Kris' attitude sometimes comes off, the ham-fisted portrayal of Kris and Stefanie's relationship, how Vince was treated (and how he choose to respond to that), and the questionable authenticity of some of their projects and even how they present basic gun knowledge.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:
** Combine a flamethrower, a WWII Congressional Medal of Honor winner, and some technical knowhow and you have what winds up being a truly touching moment when an American hero lights up a makeshift bunker.
** The crew builds a shotgun mount for a 4-wheeler for a veteran who lost the use of his arm in Afghanistan. Will, a former marine, puts the tab on the house. They then eat the boar they killed.

* HarsherInHindsight: Remember how Will helped Tom get his background check cleared up and kept him employed by working on his farm. Come Season 4, and Will probably wishes he hadn't bothered.
** The whole show is now an example of this following Will's rape convinctions.
*** Kris and Steph getting picked up for child abuse not long after certainly haven't helped.
* MemeticMutation: Neva been dun befo'

* WhatAnIdiot: Really Will, I know you have issues with Vince, and he unfairly jacked up the price on you, but was an extra couple grand really worth staying ninety grand in the hole? Much of the drama of this season would have been avoided had you just swallowed your pride from the start.
** And then there's Tom. Unprofessional behavior, Check. Critical mistakes that could have easily resulted in serious injury, check. Failure to get along with coworkers, check. Refusal to take responsibility for own mistakes or failures, check. Arrogance and ItsAllAboutMe attitude, check. [[spoiler: Throwing a temper tantrum, and getting in a shouting match with your supervisor in full view of your coworkers and YOUR BOSS,]] Check! Doing all of this on NATIONAL TELEVISION, Check-freaking-mate! Hope you like janitorial work, cause that's probably the only job that will hire you now.

* BrokenBase / BaseBreaker: Far, far too many for a healthy series to have. Where to start? The way Will's attitude sometimes comes off, the way Kris' attitude sometimes comes off, the ham-fisted portrayal of Kris and Stefanie's relationship, how Vince was treated (and how he choose to respond to that), and the questionable authenticity of some of their projects and even how they present basic gun knowledge.

* BaseBreaker: Far, far too many for a healthy series to have. Where to start? The way Will's attitude sometimes comes off, the way Kris' attitude sometimes comes off, the ham-fisted portrayal of Kris and Stefanie's relationship, how Vince was treated (and how he choose to respond to that), and the questionable authenticity of some of their projects and even how they present basic gun knowledge.

* BaseBreaker: Far, far too many for a healthy series to have. Where to start? The way Will's attitude sometimes comes off, the way Kris' attitude sometimes comes off, the ham-fisted portrayal of Kris and Stefanie's relationship was portrayed, how Vince was treated (and how he choose to respond to that), and the questionable authenticity of some of their projects and even how they present basic gun knowledge.

* BaseBreaker: Far, far too many for a healthy series to have. Where to start? The way Will's attitude sometimes comes off, the way Kris' attitude sometimes comes off, the ham-fisted portrayal of Kris and Stefanie's relationship was portrayed, how Vince was treated, and the questionable authenticity of some of their projects and even how they present basic gun knowledge.

* WhatAnIdiot: Really Will, I know you have issues with Vince, and he unfairly jacked up the price on you, but was an extra couple grand really worth staying ninety grand in the hole. Much of the drama of this season would have been avoided had you just swallowed your pride from the start.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Will infamously claims that an AK "with the accuracy of a sniper rifle" has never been done before. There are, in fact, ''numerous'' variants of the AK series of rifles intended to be sniper rifes, including the SVD and PSL sniper rifles and the Iraqi Tobruk. Since the majority of Red Jacket's business is dealing in AK-pattern firearms (particularly Saigas) this is a rather shocking oversight.
** In fairness, the Dragunov SVD is not a Kalashnikov design and is quite different internally. The Romanian PSL is actually derived from the RPK machine gun rather than the AK rifle although the basic mechanisms of the PSL and AK are the same. (A lot of PSLs by the way are marked "Dragunov SVD" for the U.S. market; they're not SVDs) The Tobruk is a copy of the PSL. The PSL isn't considered to be a sniper rifle; it's classed as a designated marksman's rifle. So, Will's statement isn't qiote so outrageously wrong as implied above. Over-simplified would probably be a better description.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Vince became increasingly hard to work with in Season 3. [[spoiler: To the point of packing up his stuff and walking out on the shop.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Vince became increasingly hard to work with in Season 3. [[spoiler: To the point of packing up his stuff and walking out on the shop.]]

** "I love my job!"