- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to vote people out of office that are perpetuating issues affecting young people, like gun violence.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you get to the point in your career where you're running with a gun - I've yet to run with a gun. I've stood still with a gun, and I've walked with a gun, but I've never run with a gun. Running with a gun, to me, that's when you know you've really made it.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.
- Ahead
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because it's got a gun doesn't make it a crime novel, and just because there's a horse doesn't make it a western.
- Nov 07, 2020
I take gun rights very personally.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a complicated issue, and you can't boil it down in a tweet... two sentences cannot sum up the whole gun debate... The minute you try to talk about it honestly and openly, you get raked over the coals.
- Smoking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window.
- Smoking
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I trained with the FBI in Portland and I also had many conversations with female FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again something that also came in very handy for Basic, because I'd learned already how to handle a gun and how to behave just physically when you're in a situation, a threat. That was very good to know.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020