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If I had a shiny gun
I could have a world of fun
Speeding bullets through the brains
Of the folks that cause me pains :) Dorothy Parker
Résumé:
Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live. Dorothy Parker, Resume 1937
I think if Jesus had been American and had a gun he’d still be alive today. Judah Friedlander: America is the Greatest Country in the United States, Netflix 2017
Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding. Stephen King
I’ll tell you what I’ve given them all for Christmas and I’m not ashamed to say so – I’ve given them all a gun. Alan Ayckbourn, Season’s Greetings starring Michael Cashman & Barbara Flynn & Nicky Henson & Anna Massey & Geoffrey Palmer & Peter Vaughan et al, director Michael A Simpson, Harvey to Bernard, BBC 1986
You can’t go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you’ve got to keep it over your shoulder. Joe Slovo, interview Gaye Davis 11 February 1991
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Why was the gun never found? Why was each person involved have a different version of events? Why would he commit suicide when he was finally receiving recognition for his work and being noticed in the art world? Why shoot yourself in the stomach? Vincent – The Untold Story of Our Uncle II, caption, 2012
I just fired the gun and this big noise went off. Betty Broderick
We need guns and the money to buy them. Boardwalk Empire: Ourselves Alone s2e2, Irish republican visitor, HBO 2011
Dutch artist Joanneke Meester made a gun from her own skin in 2004 as a comment on rising violence. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 2006
You can get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. Al Capone, attributions & variations, apocryphal, possibly comedian Irwin Corey
I’m proud of my invention, but I’m sad that it is used by terrorists. Mikhail Kalashnikov
I was supplying guns to the people in Ireland – they say I did. Christy Dunne
He brought me back hundreds of weapons – and I turned them over to the people who need them. Christy Dunne
You want to play rough? OK. Say hello to my little friend. Scarface 1983 ***** starring Al Pacino & Michelle Pfeiffer & Steven Bauer & Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio & Robert Loggia & Miria Colon & F Murray Abraham et al, director Brian de Palma, Tony
AK47: the very best there is. When you absolutely positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes. Jackie Brown 1997 starring Pam Grier & Samuel L Jackson & Robert De Niro & Robert Forster & Bridget Fonda & Michael Keaton & Chris Tucker & Michael Bowen & Lisa Gay Hamilton et al, director Quentin Tarantino, Ordell to Louis
It needs to be a twelve-bore. Something that does its job at the first time of asking. Know what I mean? Bonded by Blood 2010 starring Tamer Hassan & Robert Fucilla & Vincent Regan & Terry Stone & Adam Deacon & Neil Maskell & Dave Legano & Johnny Palmiero & Duncan Meadows et al, director Sacha Bennett, Mickey to Darren
No matter what you are trying to do, my friend, carnage is guaranteed. ibid. arms dealer to gangsta
Give me the motherfucking gun, Tre. Boyz n the Hood 1991 starring Ice Cube & Cuba Gooding junior & Laurence Fishburn & Morris Chestnut & Nia Long & Angela Bassett & Tyra Ferrell et al, director John Singleton, Father to son
Let him have it, Chris! Let Him Have It 1991 starring Christopher Eccleston & Paul Reynolds & Tom Courtenay & Tim Bell & Eileen Atkins & Rebecca Eccleston & Peter Eccleston & Craig Turner et al, director Paul Medak, Bentley
Surely these actions are more consistent with asking his friend to let them have the gun back? ibid. Bentley’s brief
Bentley didn’t have a gun. He never shot anyone. ibid. Bentley’s brief
Your gun please. The Transporter 2002 starring Jason Statham & Shu Qi & Francois Berleand & Matt Schulze & Ric Young et al, directors Cory Yuen & Louis Leterrier, Statham with passengers
Why don’t we have the big fucking guns? Love, Honour & Obey 2000 starring Sadie Frost & Ray Winstone & Jonny Lee Miller & Jude Law & Kathy Burke & Sean Pertwee & Denise van Outer & Rhys Ifans et al, directors Dominic Anciano & Ray Burdis et al, rival gangsta
I just need my gun back. We’ll bring him home. Running Scared 2006 starring Paul Walker & Cameron Bright & Vera Famiga & Chazz Palminteri & Karel Roden & Johnny Messner & Ivana Milicevic & Alex Neuberger et al, director Wayne Kramer, father to son
Do you know anything about shooters? ... No-one likes guns unless you’re holding one. The Heavy 2009 starring Christopher Lee & Vinnie Jones & Gary Stretch & Stephen Rea & Shannyn Sossamon & Lee Ryan & Adrian Paul & Jean Marsh & Sadie Frost et al, director Marcus Warren, sidekick to Boots
What do you think of that? Fucking A-plus it’s a nice gun. It’s three-fifty retail. At Close Range 1986 starring Sean Penn & Christopher Walken & Mary Stuart Masterson & Chris Penn & Crispin Glover & Candy Clark & Millie Perkins & R D Call & Kiefer Sutherland et al, director James Foley, dad to sons