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"Trent, do you have any weapons? Like a gun?” He looked at me in disgust. “You’re here to protect me,” he said as he closed the distance between us and stood beside me. “You didn’t bring a weapon?” “Yeah, I brought a weapon,” I snapped as I brought my splat gun out and aimed it at the ceiling where the sounds were coming from. “I just thought that since you’re a freaking murderer you might have a gun, too (...)"
"The corporation is not a person; it is a legal fiction backed up by guns and police and jail cells and taxing authorities and the regulators called government."
"My goal in signing these [gun control ] bills is to enhance public safety by tightening our existing laws in a responsible and focused manner, while protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners."
"Scott Medlock is the 'Top Gun' of sports artists. He truly is the best of the best."
"They got the guns But we got the numbers."
"Happiness is a warm gun."
"Don't need a gun to blow your mind"
"I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy."
"As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his political legacy."
"Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among blacks and Latinos in big cities."
"Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns."
"I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws."
"I was living in New York, so I just rode my motorcycle up to the set [of New Jack City]. So first day of work for me was kind of tough. I get ready to get off my bike, and I'm surrounded by the security guards, who were Louis Farrakhan's Nation Of Islam guys. Who had the double-breasted suits and guns. And this guy goes, "Where you goin'?" And I said, "I'm here to work." And they said, "No you're not." And I said, "Yeah. I'm here to work on the movie." And they said, "No you're not. Get on your bike.""
"There is a problem here in America when it comes to police violence and gun violence, that I believe is being ignored by not giving the proper resources to communities."
"She said Robert Joyner had killed himself with a gun. And then I asked why, and then she told me that he was getting a divorce and was sad about it.' 'Lots of people get divorces and don't kill themselves,' I said. 'I know,' she said, excitement in her voice. 'That's what I told her."
"He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives. So what's your theory?"
"The ultimate check against government tyranny is an informed electorate who will elect people who believe in limited government. I don't want to embrace the idea we want people to take to the streets with guns. I want people to go to the voting booth and check an out of control government by electing conservatives."
"On the wall of our life together hung a gun waiting to be fired in the final act."
"I'm just damseling mostly. I'm not very good with a gun."
"As you may know, previously as Attorney General and now as Governor, I have supported legislation to close the gun show loophole in North Carolina."
