Famous Quotes About Firearms

[Thud]

Here hold my Beer

 

[Damfino]

Not sure how famous it is but one of my favorites. E.B. Sledge sets the stage for his book With The Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa by quoting a passage from "The Leathernecks" by another Marine, John W. Thomason, from his book Fix Bayonets published in 1926:

Rifles were high and holy things to them, and they knew five-inch broadside guns. They talked patronizingly of the war, and were concerned about rations. They were the Leathernecks, the Old Timers… the old breed of American regular, regarding the service as home and war as an occupation; and they transmitted their temper and character and view-point to the high-hearted volunteer mass which filled the ranks of the Marine Brigade.​

 

[Tim a]

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. In a gun fight... You need to take your time in a hurry-wyatt earp

expect the worst pray for the best when in doubt double tap to the chest- Me

 

[Retired45]

If you're not afraid of guns get one. Learn to use it, if you have to shoot someone, shoot them a lot. Sherrif Grady Judd Pasco county Florida. He's on youtube.

 

[lpreddick]

How about Charleston Helton's famous quote?
“In my cold dead hands”

I think he said " from my cold dead hands".

 

[joshb]

I think he said " from my cold dead hands".

Yup! The thought was “They”ll only take my guns from my cold dead hands.”

 

[kvd]

To paraphrase Fat Freddie from the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics - "Guns will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no Guns"

 

[ckaberna]

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Glad someone said it.
Beat me to it.

 

[Blackthorn]

“Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up.”
Robert Ruark
The Honey Badger

 

[mousegunner]

To paraphrase Fat Freddie from the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics - "Guns will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no Guns"

Unless you hire guys with guns. "Men are cheaper than guns, why don't you hire men?" "We deal in lead, freind" and so many others from The Magnificent Seven.

 

[gman47564]

a real rifleman doesnt need a ar... he can get one anytime he wants !!!!

 

[Killick]

“Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.” Luke 22:36
Sounds like 2A and Capitalism in one lesson.

 

[Dave Marshall]

“It’s an .88 Magnum. It shoots through schools.”

 

[wbm]

Elmer Keith dig at Jack O'Connor about Keith's disdain of the 270

"I prefer to hunt my game before I shoot them rather than after."

 

[riverwolf1]

“Never shoot a large caliber man, with a small caliber bullet”.

From the movie Lone Survivor

 

[dwcon]

If you heard the shot i was not shooting at you

 

[D-4297]

A US Marine sniper, asked what he feels when he shoots an al-Qaeda member, replied " Recoil".

By the way, the person asking this question was none other than Katie Couric.

The original question was asked to Carlos Hathcock ( White feather ) in Da Nang during a interview in 1969 , and published in Life Magazine .

 

[PDS]

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I think you oughta get yourself an M-16.

Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Sir, if the time comes I need one, there'll be plenty lying on the ground.

 

[1K6BRA]

Not sure this quote has been posted I haven’t read through all of them but “the rifleman’s rifle” is truly a great quote about a great firearm. I prefer my M70 in the pre-64 configuration.

 

[Riesel]

Cashed my Silver Coins in when the price of Silver was at it's peak. Lady at the jewelry store said some day people will be trading their silver for lead.