Gun control is bullshit. There’s a battle raging in America over the issue of guns. Penn & Teller, Bullshit! s3e9: Gun Control, Showtime 2005
The great gun debate has been fought very effectively over the last decade. Not in Congress but in the great battlefield of car bumpers. ibid.
We need the government to be afraid of its citizens. ibid.
The National Rifle Association – it was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens; it was a public service. Sleeper 1973 starring Woody Allen & Diane Keaton & John Beck & Marya Small & Susan Miller & Mary Gregory & Don Keefer & Peter Hobbs & John McLiam & Bartlett Robinson & Chris Forbes & Brian Avery et al, director Woody Allen
The AK-47 assault rifle otherwise known as the Kalashnikov ... A woman was shot in the chest at point blank rage. Defying all logic she survived. Weird or What? s1e7: Mind Control, Discovery 2010
Birmingham had its cheaper end of the market. These – four and sixpenny muskets, that’s twenty-two and a half pence – were produced in their thousands, and went off in their ship-load. They were produced for the barter trade ... They generally killed the persons who used them. Mark Williams, Industrial Revelations s1e6: Coining It, Discovery 2002
If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government – and a few outlaws. I intend to be amongst the outlaws. Edward Abbey
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me? Mae West
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. Raymond Chandler, attributed
There’s more to being a man than using a gun. The Shootist 1976 starring John Wayne & Lauren Bacall & Ron Howard & James Stewart & Richard Boone & Hugh O'Brian & Harry Morgan & John Carradine & Sheree North & Scatman Crothers & Bill McKinney & Rick Lenz et al, director Don Siegel, Books
I’m in trouble. Real trouble. I need your help. Can you lend me a gun? Just till tomorrow. Be a friend. Do me a favour. Chekhov: Comedy Shorts: A Reluctant Tragic Hero starring Johnny Vegas & Mackenzie Crook, Sky Arts 2010
But before we have our duel will you please show me how to use the damned things. I’ve never even touched one before. Chekhov: Comedy Shorts: The Bear starring Julian Barratt & Julia David & Reece Shearsmith, widow to debt collector
I won’t rest until I’ve put a bullet through your thick head. ibid.
Marry you? I intend to shoot you on the field of honour. ibid.
Son as narrator: My father’s only fear was that his son would follow the same road. That was the last time I held a gun. Road to Perdition 2002 starring Tom Hanks & Jude Law & Daniel Craig, Paul Newman & Tyler Hoechlin & Stanley Tucci & Liam Aiken & Jennifer Jason Leigh & David Darlow & Dylan Baker & Ciaran Hinds et al, director Sam Mendes
Blonde: My, but you’ve got a big one.
Sid James: I’m from Texas, ma’m. We’ve all got big ones down there. Carry on Cowboy 1965 starring Sid James & Kenneth Williams & Jim Dale & Charles Hawtrey & Joan Sims & Peter Butterworth & Bernard Bersslaw & Angela Douglas & Jon Pertwee & Percy Herbert & Sydney Bromley et al, director Gerald Thomas
I think we oughta raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun. George W Bush
For every fatal shooting there are roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. Just unacceptable. And we’re gonna do something about it. George W Bush
And the fact that you’ve got REPLICA written down the side of your gun, and the fact that I’ve got Desert Eagle .50 written on the side of mine should precipitate your balls to be shrinking along with your presence. Now fuck off. Snatch 2000 starring Jason Statham & Stephen Graham & Alan Ford & Brad Pitt & Mike Reid & Dennis Farina & Vinnie Jones & Robbie Gee & Lennie James & Ade et al, director Guy Ritchie
Bet you can shoot, can’t ya? Shane 1953 starring Alan Ladd & Jean Arthur & Van Heflin & Brandon de Wilde & Jack Palance & Ben Johnson & Edgar Buchanan & Emile Meyer & Elisha Cook junior & Douglas Spencer et al, director George Stevens, Joey to Shane
I wish they’d give me some bullets for this gun. ibid. Joey
Shane: A gun is a tool, Marian. No better or nor worse than any other tool. An axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.
Marion: We’d all be better off if there wasn’t a single gun left in this valley including yours. ibid.
Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer – its guarantor. The people’s votes and the people’s guns are always inseparable twins. Robert Mugabe
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose. James Earl Jones
We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns? Joseph Stalin
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. Douglas MacArthur
America ... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. Hunter S Thompson
Guns are bad, I tell you. Eminem
Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehaviour. P J O’Rourke
We say keep your change, we’ll keep our God, our guns, our constitution. Sarah Palin
Guns are part of the American identity. Henry Rollins
In our school you were searched for guns and knives on the way in and if you didn’t have any, they gave you some. Emo Philips
If you reduce the guns and the ammo, you’ll reduce the murders. Michael Moore
The left, liberals, believe that if we just have more gun control laws, all the problems are going to go away. Well, I don’t think so. I don't think so. I think – yes, it will, it will be reduced. There’s no question about that. Michael Moore
Guns don’t kill people, Americans kill people. Michael Moore Hates America, 2004
I want the account where I can get a free gun. Michael Moore, Bowling for Columbine, 2002
Each gun makes lots of battle sounds; just pull the trigger and listen. ibid. advert for toy gun
I grew up in Michigan: a gun-lovers’ paradise … Everyone loves to go hunting. ibid. Moore
Virgin, Utah, has passed a law requiring all residents to own guns. ibid. news clip
Columbine High School: It is believed that the guns that they used were all legally purchased at stores and gun shows. ibid. Moore
Our children were indeed something to fear. ibid.
Are we homicidal in nature? … What is it about us? ibid. Tom Mauser, father of victim
I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off. Roger Moore
I bought a gun and chose drugs instead. Kurt Cobain
And I swear that I don’t have a gun
No, I don’t have a gun
No, I don’t have a gun. Kurt Cobain, Come As You Are, Nirvana 1992