“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
“I've always believed in the goodness of people. I teach in prison. They all said, don't do it. Carry a gun, take Mace. Are you kidding? I guess, they're around so many criminal elements that they fear for.” PeopleSaidTeachGoodnessElementsGunPrisonCriminalsAlways Believe Author:John Waters
“I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.” LittlesTwoRealGirlSexTeachViolenceDangerGunDrinkingScaredDrivingOur SocietyDrinking And Driving Author:William H. Macy
“Enjoy it if you do, but don't tell me how to live or teach it in school, or not allow a woman the right to choose, and so on. Yeah, all of that slips into my work. I even got a death threat the other day for not being pro gun, which just proves my point. They can kiss my ass.” IfsSchoolEnjoyTeachProveKissingGunYeahThreatAssSlipsPro GunKiss My Ass Author:Joe R. Lansdale
“Every time I teach a class, I discover I don't know something.” KnowsClassTeachGun Author:Clint Smith
“I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these teach-ins on the internet, live and split screen, and have real in-depth debate between people that are on the "other" side of issues - nuclear, gun control, whatever. We could really be having a much more democratically involved and exciting debate with people emailing their questions and having a virtual town meeting.” PeopleWarRealSidesTeachIssuesInternetInvolvedGunExcitingTownsMeetingsDepthScreensNuclearDebateSplitsGun ControlRevival Author:Bonnie Raitt
“The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!” IfsMenWorldShouldFirstsWellsMayMeanWarBodyAbleStepsClassTeachPracticeMilitaryGoes OnCitizensFitGunPreparationFirst StepsGun ControlMiscellaneousRiflesPro GunHandgunsAvertTime Goes OnMilitary ServiceAnti Gun Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet human around. I could teach you tricks.” “I have a trick for you,” said Artemis, and he fired a single blast from the gun.” HumansSaidTeachNiceGunTricksPetBeing NiceBlastArtemis Author:Eoin Colfer
“The artificial primacy of defense among our national priorities is a constant unearned windfall for some, but it's privation for the rest of America; it steals from what we could be and can do. In Econ 101, they teach that the big-picture fight over national priorities is guns versus butter. Now it's butter versus margarine—guns get a pass. Overall, we're weaker for it, and at enormous cost.” BigsAmericaFightingCan DoTeachCostGunConstantDefensePrioritiesStealingEnormousArtificialVersusBig PicturePrimacy Author:Rachel Maddow
“Superhero movies and comic books teach a lesson that runs directly counter to the culture-of-violence idea: guns are for bad guys too cowardly to fight like men.” MenBookIdeasRunningGuyCultureFightingTeachViolenceLessonsGunComicComic BookSuperheroBad GuysCowardly Author:Stephen King