“The military doesn't teach rifle marksmanship. It teaches equipment familiarity. Despite what the officer corps thinks, learning to shoot a rifle is not like learning to drive a car. Instead, it is like learning to play the violin.... The equipment familiarity learning curve comes up quick, but then the rifle marksmanship continuation of the curve rises very slowly....by shooting one careful shot at a time, carefully inspecting the result (and the cause).” ThinkingPlayCausesResultsTeachMilitaryCarGunShotsCome UpCarefulDespiteShootingOfficersEquipmentCurvesFamiliarityViolinRiflesContinuationLearning CurveMarksmanship Author:Daryl Davis
“So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun, An' gittin' Natur' for an ally.” ThinkingCausesLosesGunScriptureAllies Author:James Russell Lowell
“Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.” PeopleIfsWayLooksStatesYoungCertainCausesUnitedUnited StatesTakenViolenceDyingHigherGunMalesTendenciesAfrican AmericanGun ViolenceHomicideLeading Causes Author:Ryan Coogler
“It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have faster and handier ships than ours, and many more long-range guns, and who know their advantage just as well as we do, will never close with us at all, but stand aloof and knock us to pieces with their culverins, without our being able to do them any serious hurt. So we are sailing against England in the confident hope of a miracle.” KnowsWellsLongHelpingAbleFightingCausesHurtKnownPiecesSeriousGunAdvantageMiracleEnglandShipsFasterRangeSailingWell KnownGod HelpAloofGod Help Us Author:Nicholas Rodger
“We will not make inroads into the gun-violence problem until we acknowledge the underlying causes of youth behavior today, compared to yesterday. ... we must come to the realization that laws and regulations alone cannot produce a civilized society. It's morality that is society's first line of defense against uncivilized behavior.” FirstsProblemTodayLawCausesLinesViolenceYouthProduceMoralityBehaviorGunDefenseYesterdayRealizationAcknowledgeCivilizedRegulationGun ViolenceCivilized SocietyUncivilized Author:Walter E. Williams
“A man may be hot but he's not when he's shot cause you can't get a man with a gun.” MenMayCausesGunShotsHot Author:Irving Berlin
“Homicide, often involving guns, is a disease that is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the second-leading cause of death for all people aged fifteen to twenty-four. That makes it the leading health issue, particularly when guns are used in combination with drugs and alcohol. And the statistics show that is most often the case.” PeopleMenShowsYoungUsedCausesBlackCasesIssuesFourDrugDiseaseGunTwentiesAlcoholCombinationStatisticsFifteenInvolvingDrugs And AlcoholHomicideHealth IssuesLeading Causes Author:Joycelyn Elders
“There are so many causes. Gun control, climate change, deforestation, animal welfare, human welfare, education. Working on the big issues is noble and great, but being aware of what’s going on around you right at this moment, being kind to the people around you, extending compassion and decency, not just to everyone you meet but also to yourself—I think that’s one of the biggest challenges most people face.” PeopleThinkingHumansKindMomentsBigsFacesCausesChallengesAnimalCompassionIssuesGunClimateClimate ChangeNobleWelfareBe KindGun ControlDecencyAnimal WelfareExtendingDeforestation Author:Moby
“Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but he's gonna have to beat me to death with it, cause it's gonna be empty.” MayCausesMy OwnWallBeatsGunEmptyBullets Author:Clint Smith
“The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African- American men, more than the next nine causes put together. So we have to do two things, as I said. We have to restore trust. We have to work with the police. We have to make sure they respect the communities and the communities respect them.” MenSaidTwoTogetherYoungNextCausesCommunityGunPoliceNineAfrican AmericanTwo ThingsEpidemicsLeading Causes Author:Hillary Clinton
“It would be devastating for America if Donald Trump won, and it would be devastating for the anti-gun-violence movement. But we would be on a long list of progressive causes that would be shattered by a Trump win.” IfsLongWould BeAmericaWinningCausesViolenceMovementTrumpGunListsProgressiveShatteredGun ViolenceAnti Gun Author:Chris Murphy
“What people fear most about tragedy is its randomness - a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits a pedestrian, a gun misfires and kills a bystander. Better to have some rational cause and effect between incident and injury. And if cause and effect aren't possible, better that there at least be some reward for all the suffering.” PeopleIfsSufferingCausesEffectsGunTragedyRewardsRationalInjuryIncidentsCause And EffectTaxiCurbCabRandomnessPedestriansBystandersTaxi Cabs Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in the context of guns would also mean taking on a subject that can't be addressed by passing a law: the family-breakdown issues that lead too many minority children to find social status and power in guns.” MenMeanChildrenAgeLawSocialCausesRaceTalkingIssuesSubjectsGunMurderPassingPassingsAfrican AmericanMinoritiesBreakdownSocial Status Author:Juan Williams
“If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective.” IfsCausesCrimeMinesGunDefective Book:God, Guns & Rock'N'Roll Source: God, Guns & Rock'N'Roll
“You don’t need no gun control, you know what you need? We need some bullet control. Men, we need to control the bullets, that’s right. I think all bullets should cost five thousand dollars… five thousand dollars per bullet… You know why? Cause if a bullet cost five thousand dollars there would be no more innocent bystanders.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenNeedsShouldWould BeCausesFiveCostThousandGunDollarsInnocentBulletsGun ControlBystanders Author:Chris Rock
“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 :)” IfsWorldPainFunCausesBrainGunFolksBulletsSpeeding Author:Dorothy Parker
“When one of my Japanese teacups is broken, I imagine that the real cause was not the careless hand of a maid but the anxieties of the figures inhabiting the curves of that porcelain. Their grim decision to commit suicide doesn't shock me: they used the maid as one of us might use a gun.” RealUseHandsMightUsedCausesDecisionImagineFiguresBrokenAnxietyGunSuicideCommitShockImagine ThatCurvesCarelessGrimMaidsPorcelainMight Use Author:Fernando Pessoa
“Me plus you. (Imma tell you one time) Me plus you. (Imma tell you one time) Me plus you. (Imma tell you one time) One time. When I met ya girl my heart when knock (knock knock) Now them butterflies in my stomach won't stop (stop stop) Even love is a struggle and it's all we got. So we gun keep keep climbing to the mountain top. 'Cause your world, is my world, and my breath is your breath, and my heart is yours.” WorldHeartGirlCausesLove IsStruggleMy HeartMetsMountainGunBreathsPlusClimbingStomachOne TimeButterflyMountain TopButterflies In My Stomach Author:Justin Bieber
“Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.” WarEvilCausesGunArt Of WarDespisedUnarmedMedieval War Book:The Prince Source: The Prince