For felons prohibited from buying guns legally this is the only shopping option in town. ibid.
In 2009 three police officers were killed by White Supremacist Richard Poplawski after his mother called 9-1-1. Poplawski feared his guns would be taken from him by Obama. The Party of Duke: Rise of the Alt-Right, Reich-Wing Watch 2016
Every spring in America more than 8,000 people are shot and killed. Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014, caption, Sky Atlantic 2017
‘… Shot his wife then turned the gun on himself … Their three small children were in adjacent bedrooms.’ ibid.
Turner Bronson’s transformation from a once happy, fun-loving prankster to a teen charged with murder is the results of an eight-month downward spiral. KTNV Las Vegas. (Gun & Shoot) ibid. caption
14-year-old girl gunned down by teen she had been feuding with on Facebook over a boy. ibid. Madame Noire online
32,000 people are shot and killed every year in America, an average of 88 deaths per day. There are more than 310 million guns in America today. Almost one for every man, woman and child. ibid. captions
After the plague a rebirth … 5,000 miles away China is on the verge of its own rebirth … A peasant army to drive the Mongols out of China. The key to their strategy: a weapon that will change mankind – the gun. Mankind: The Story of All of Us VI: Survivors, History 2012
When there’s a gun crime in America, there’s only one place to go to trace the gun back to its owner: the ATF’s National Tracing Center, which handles roughly 8,000 active traces per day. Guns Found Here, short-of-the-week review, short 10.05, 2018
‘There are at least 29 shipping containers out here in the car park right now.’ ibid. boss
‘There are more gun shops in the US than Starbuck’s, McDonald’s and supermarkets put together’. ibid. The Independent
America 2016: a country that’s become increasingly plagued by gun violence. And allegations of police brutality. Forces that are tearing the country apart. One of the worst afflicted places: Chicago. America’s third city. And President Obama’s adopted home town. Gun violence in the city is spiralling out of control. Reggie Yates: Life and Death in Chicago, BBC 2016
2015: 306 African-Americans were killed by police in America, 8 in Chicago alone. ibid.
African-Americans account for a third of the city’s residents. ibid.
Last year, 23 people were shot by police, 9 fatally. At the same time were were almost 2,500 black on black shootings, of which over 350 were fatal. ibid.
Caress it, rub it, like it’s part of you. Feels good, doesn’t it? Turn off the safety. Now cock it. A Walk Among the Tombstones 2014 starring Liam Neeson & Dan Stevens & Boyd Holbrook & Olafur Darri Olafsson & Brian Astro Bradley & Mark Consuelos & David Harbour & Adam David Thompson & Sebastian Roche & Laura Birn et al, director Scott Frank
I’m not gonna ask you again, Conor. Where’s the fucking gun? Ray Donovan s4e8: The Texan, Ray grips Conor by throat, Showtime 2016
I need you to bring my passport and then bring your passport. And I need you to bring my gun. Ray Donovan s7e9: Passport and a Gun, Daryll to Jasmin
Never before has a jury found the gun industry liable for murder. Runaway Jury 2003 starring John Cusack & Gene Hackman & Dustin Hoffman & Rachel Weisz & Jeremy Piven & Bruce Davidson & Bruce McGill & Marguerite Moreau & Nick Searcy & Leland Orser et al, director Gary Fleder, television news
In America there is a big problem with shootings with schools. The NRA want to arm the teachers. This is crazy. They should be arming the children. Sacha Baron Cohen: Who is America? I, Erran, Channel 4 2018
Let’s see if we can stop these anti-gun people getting everyone killed. ibid.
Every one of these hand-guns was brought into the country totally legally because they were classified as antiques. Tonight we reveal a loophole in the gun laws causing death on our streets. Panorama: Legal Weapon, BBC 2018
They’re so old ammunition isn’t made for them any more so the government classifies them as absolute calibre, but there’s a problem: ammunition can be home-made. ibid.
Saturday July 25th 2015: An ordinary summer weekend in America. But by midnight on Sunday hundreds of lives will have been devastated by gun violence. 197 people injured, 87 dead. One Deadly Weekend in America, BBC 2018
86 people die every day from guns. ibid.
Over the last few years we’ve witnessed the rise of two disturbing phenomena in the United States: 1) The rise of mass shootings; 2) The resurgence of the neo-Nazi and white supremacism movements … America’s addiction to guns, the mass shooting epidemic and the burgeoning armed right wing are much more deeply connected than is being acknowledge. The Empire Files: Why America? Mass Shootings & White Nationalism, Abby Martin online 2018
Handguns are outlawed in Britain. A small number circulate in secret, passed hand to hand, used again and again, The police can now track these guns tracing their path through many crimes. This is the story of Britain’s deadliest illegal gun. Gun No. 6, BBC 2018
‘The gun that had been used in the murder at the post office had previously been used in ten other shootings.’ ibid. rozzer
By 2003 the Johnson Crew and rivals, the Burger Bar Boys, had been at war for more than five years, fighting for control of the city’s drugs trade. ibid. captions
Three thousand pounds’ worth of heroin found in one of the cars. ibid.
Everyone sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to their head. Breaking Bad s5e5: Dead Freight, Mike, AMC 2011
I’m not cool enough to shoot your gun, Julian. Trailer Park Boys 5e4: You Got to Blame the Thing Up Here, Trevor
Looks like we’ve got a gun fight on our hands here, boys. Trailer Park Boys s5e10: The Shit Blizzard, Julian
It’s better to have a gun and need it than not have a gun and not need it. Trailer Park Boys s8e10: Crawling Through the Shitpipe, Ricky
All the parts you’ll need to build your own [3D printed] gun are only a Google search away. Dark Net s1e8: Revolt, Netflix 2016
Naturally, the next thing you wanna do is throw the thing away. You want to get rid of it. The Irishman 2019 starring Robert de Niro & Al Pacino & Joe Pesci & Ray Romano & Bobby Cannavale & Anna Paquin & Lucy Gallina & Stephen Graham & Harvey Keitel & Stepehanie Kurtzuba & Katherine Narducci et al, director Martin Scorsese, de Niro’s post-assassination commentary
The Myth of Guns in Movies: Is it true there are no bad guns, only bad people? I mean, take the Tommy Gun. Wielded by gangstas, a symbol of criminal violence; by Winston Churchill, a symbol of the bulldog defiance. 21st Century Mythologies with Richard Clay, BBC 2020
As a child I knew I would hold a gun one day. My dad had a gun, so it was only right I had a gun. I knew I’d be around bad people who did bad things. People who killed, stole, sold drugs for a living. It was in my DNA. It was in my blood. The Intent 2016 starring Scorcher & Jade Asher & Dylan Dufus & Shane Romulus & Femi Oyeniran & Ashley Chin & Nicky Slimting & Fekky & Krept & Konan & Sarah Akohia et al, directors Femi Oyeniran & Kalvadour Peterson
The way the pikes had clobbered the mounted knights [of the Dukes of Burgundy] changed the battle plans of every military commander in Europe. For the next forty years the pike was it. And the armies got bigger because they were cheaper. And then on April 28th 1503 ... a new weapon had arrived. James Burke, Connections s1e8: Eat, Drink & Be Merry, BBC 1978
I need you [Dean Austen] on the ticket to balance our stance on guns. House of Cards US s4e8: Chapter 47, Frank, Netflix 2015
In Mexico private citizens are largely barred from possessing guns. Yet just like illegal drugs in the US there are plenty of guns available to Mexico’s warring cartels. Vanguard: Mexican Drug Wars, Vice 2011
You just brought a gun to a bomb fight, officer! Thirty Minutes or Less 2011 starring Jesse Eisenberg & Danny McBride & Aziz Ansari & Nick Swardson & Dilshad Vadsaria & Bianca Kajlich & Michael Pena & Red Ward et al, director Ruben Fleischer, Nick from trailer