- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gun Quotes
On family, danger, and a debate that never quite settles.
One quote recalls a son asking for a gun for Christmas and a parent deciding it was finally time, while another reflects on relatives in law enforcement and the hard choices that job can involve. Read more in our Danger quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like President Bush to get a gun in his hands. I'll go with him. I can't think of anything better than to die in place 's just beginning their lives.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests these spikes are extremely short-lived, and that they may be decreasing in intensity.
- Knife
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really enjoy the immediacy of the 'knife and gun clubs,' as they're so callously called. Emergency is a great place to learn about people.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't imagine how traumatic it must be to have a gun pointed to your head for no reason at all.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never seen 'The Goonies.' I've never seen 'Indiana Jones.' I watched 'UHF' over and over again when I was little, and that was it. I had no time for any other movies. I watched 'Naked Gun,' 'UHF,' and 'Airplane!' over and over.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.
- Insecurity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem of gun violence goes beyond the countless demographic differences between people.
- Propaganda
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pro-gun propaganda peddled by the National Rifle Association feeds myths about gun ownership, and these myths arguably perpetuate the suffering of thousands of Americans each year.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Florida, to buy a gun, you do not need a permit, you do not need a gun license, and once you buy it, you do not need to register it. You do not need a permit to carry a concealed rifle or shotgun. You can buy as many guns as you want at one time.
- One Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm able to communicate one thing to adults, it would be this: it should not be easier to purchase a gun than it is to obtain a driver's license, and military-grade weapons should not be accessible in civilian settings.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being from Australia, I've never even touched a gun. It's so not a part of our culture.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
The irony is that it was tougher to rent a car from Cerberus when it owned Alamo than to buy a semi-automatic. To rent a car, one had to provide ID, a drivers' license, and get insurance coverage. To buy a gun? Cash and carry, from the back of a station wagon at a gun show. No concerns about downstream liability or risk.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's create a regime that makes sale of bullets to anybody not licensed to carry a gun illegal, makes resale illegal, micro-stamps bullets so they can be traced. No Second Amendment issues here. This would have a remarkable impact on both violence and the capacity to solve shooting crimes.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020