“When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.” RealWholeProblemCareTalkingIdentityMusic IsGunRaisedRapSexismSympathyReal ThingsRap Music Author:Samantha Morton
“This is the sheriff you’re talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.” LongLawTalkingGunImmigrationIllegalBadgesIllegal ImmigrationSheriffs Author:Joe Arpaio
“Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. But that's unacceptable. As others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn't 'too soon.' It's much too late.” TalkingViolenceLateMassGunTragedyShootingMourningToo LateStringsAcceptableDiscussingAftermathGun ViolenceMass Shootings Author:Ezra Klein
“I believe my first duty is to survive. And I'm not just talking about criminals coming into my home. I once seriously considered getting a gun to protect myself from the police. If I need a weapon to continue living, I'll get one. And I'll use it.” IfsNeedsFirstsBelieveUseHomeI BelieveTalkingDutyProtectWeaponsGunPoliceCriminals Author:George Carlin
“Rand Paul tried hard to upstage Donald Trump at the first debate, talking tough about his guns and his right not to register them. But with his pixie-ish perm, Paul does not impress me as the gunslinger type. Rand Paul is the RuPaul of politics. He would do better to defend his right to carry an unregistered blow-dryer and curling irons.” FirstsDoeHardTalkingTypeTrumpGunToughBlowDebateIronImpressRegisterGunslingerPixiesDryersPerms Author:Michael R. Burch
“And nobody is talking about taking guns away from hunters or sportsmen or banning all guns. Nobody is talking about that.” TalkingGunHuntersSportsman Author:Al Gore
“Tonight, the news debated the intelligence of a bear. And it got my wondering why humanity rewards itself for passing tests that we create. And that got me wondering why we care. I've studied enough wars to know that the intelligence of the target isn't on the mind of the person with the gun. Maybe we should stop talking about intelligence and start discussing our grades in compassion.” KnowsShouldMindPersonsWarEnoughCareHumanityTalkingCompassionWonderBearsNewsGunTestsRewardsPassingPassingsGradesTonightTargetDiscussingPassing A Test Author:Paige
“There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can go through a whole film and it's mostly talking heads and little else until the action scenes, and they're usually violence or physical stuff. Same with baseball, or any sport. Except I find pitching and batting are visually very striking.” LittlesWholeActionFilmStuffSportsInterestingTalkingViolenceSceneGunBaseballDrawingPitchingBattingTalking Heads Author:Raymond Pettibon
“They're still out there talking about gun control measures, as if somehow terrorists care about what our gun laws are.” IfsStillsCareLawTalkingGunTerroristGun ControlGun Law Author:Dalia Mogahed
“I was 32 years old, and I've changed my mind. And the biggest reason that I changed my mind was my seven years as a federal prosecutor. What I learned in those seven years was that we were spending too much time talking about gun laws against law- abiding citizens and not nearly enough time talking about enforcing the gun laws strongly against criminals.” YearsMindReasonEnoughLawTalkingToo MuchChangedCitizensGunSevenSpendingCriminalsSeven YearsAbidingEnough TimeProsecutorI've ChangedLaw Abiding CitizenGun Law Author:Chris Christie
“In 1990, when we started the Black Community Crusade for Children, we were always talking about all children, but we paid particular attention to children who were not white, who were poor, who were disabled, and who were the most vulnerable.Parents didn't think their children would live to adulthood, and the children didn't think they were going to live to adulthood. That's when we started our first gun-violence campaign. We've lost 17 times more young black people to gun violence since 1968 than we lost in all the lynching in slavery.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenYoungLostParentBlackCommunityWhitePoorAttentionTalkingViolenceParticularGunPaidSlaveryCampaignsVulnerableBlack PeopleAdulthoodDisabledCrusadesGun ViolenceLynchingBlack Community Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“That's what Donald Trump said when he starts talking about, "The Second Amendment people might have..." "You're not taking my guns. No matter who you appoint to the court, you're not taking my guns," is all it means, pure and simple. If everybody could just take a breath here and let's get back to who's really doing damage to our country.” PeopleIfsMeanSaidCountryMatterMightSimpleTalkingTrumpPureGunBreathsCourtOur CountryDamageGet BackAmendmentsSecond Amendment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“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?” NeedsSaidKidsThreeJesusTalkingWifeTheoryGunGutsExesDetectivesEx Wife Book:Paper Towns Source: Paper Towns
“I'm sorry, I don't know what any of you want, or why guns and knives are being waved around, or why the girl has just been taken hostage, but everyone seems to be acting like having a TALKING SKELETON in the room is perfectly normal. And you, where are your eyes? How can you see? How come the only people with eyes in this room are me and her?” PeopleKnowsWantSeemsEyeGirlRoomsActingTalkingTakenNormalGunSorryKnivesI'm SorrySkeletonsHostagePerfectly Normal Author:Derek Landy
“Isn’t that why you have that gun mounted on the front? Or is it for other reasons, because I would’ve thought that a man with your powers would be past the urge to compensate.” Barabas grinned. “I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus,” Saiman said dryly. “Thank you for reminding me.” “Always happy to oblige.” MenTryingSaidReasonWould BePastTalkingFrontsGunForgottenPetUrgesRemindingAlways HappyCactus Book:Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel Source: Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel
“Kids can't see us bombing, and then listen to us talking about getting guns out of the schools. How can we tell them to solve problems without violence, if, in fact, we can't show an ability to solve problems without violence?” IfsFactsShowsProblemKidsSchoolPeaceAbilityTalkingViolenceListeningGunSolveBombing Author:Barbara Lee
“She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She's talking like she's Annie Oakley.” RunningValuesTalkingGunInsultAmendmentsGun ControlSecond AmendmentAnnieSportsman Author:Barack Obama