Bowling for Columbine Quotes

Chris Rock: Or if someone has a score to settle, being like, You know what, I would ****ing put a cap in your ass... if I could *afford* it! I'm gonna save up some money, maybe get a second job or something, then you a mother****in' dead man!

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Michael Moore: I left the Heston estate atop Beverly Hills and walked back into the real world. To an America living and breathing in fear. Where gun sales are now at an all record high. And where, in the end, it all comes back to 'Bowling for Columbine'.

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Father of Columbine victim: I am here today because my son Daniel would want me to be here today. If my son Daniel was not one of the victims, he would be here with me today. Something is wrong in this country when a child can grab a gun, grab a gun so easily, and shoot a bullet into the middle of a child's face, as my son experienced. Something is wrong. But the time has come to come to understand that a Tech-9 semi-automatic -bullet weapon like that, that killed my son, is not used to kill deer. It has no useful purpose. It is time to address this problem.

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John Nichols: I sleep with a .44 magnum under my pillow.
Michael Moore: [in disbelief] Come on. That's what everyone says.

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Michael Moore: Now wait a minute... The Constitution says you've got the right to bear arms. What do you think 'arms' means?
John Nichols: Well it's not like these... [waves his arms]
John Nichols: It means we ought to have handguns if we want to.
Michael Moore: What about nuclear weapons? Should you be able to have weapons-grade plutonium?
John Nichols: [pauses] ... Well I think that oughta be restricted.

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Michael Moore: In your mind, somebody might break into your house to harm you or your family. What does that person look like?
Man wearing '**** Everybody' Cap: You.
Michael Moore: Me?
Man wearing '**** Everybody' Cap: Her.
Michael Moore: Her?
Man wearing '**** Everybody' Cap: Him.
Michael Moore: Really?
Man wearing '**** Everybody' Cap: The camera guy. Anybody. There could be a gun in the camera for all I know.

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