Gun Guys Quotes

“Americans, whether armed or not, were still looking everywhere but at social class when parsing the texture of their lives. It wasn’t so much that stressed-out blue-collar folks were clinging bitterly to their guns and religion, as Barack Obama had posited while running for president. It was more that guns and religion were keeping them from feeling bitter about the indignities inflicted on the middle class.”
― Dan Baum, Gun Guys: A Road Trip

“What was my personal Big Bang? Did I get hooked on guns because I discovered I was good at precisely the moment I was experiencing my first feelings of masculine inadequacy? All I knew at the time was that the rifle range replaced the nurse's office as my place of refuge.”
― Dan Baum, Gun Guys: A Road Trip

“Tak wyglądało więc epitafium dla mojego roku życia na krawędzi: wszedłem do banku z bronią i bank mnie okradł.”
― Dan Baum, Gun Guys: A Road Trip

“The place looked more like a genteel horse farm than the roar-and-fume venues where they usually played. Vast, grassy ranges stretched in every direction, with neat, sun-shaded shooting platforms at the head of each. Men—and a few women—were stretched out on the platforms, aiming rifles downrange. Others stood laughing and talking, holding rifles in cases. But for the occasional snap of a gunshot, it was quiet enough to hear birds singing.”
― Dan Baum, Gun Guys: A Road Trip

“The first time I saw Marcey Parker she was happily firing a submachine gun through a window.”
― Dan Baum, Gun Guys: A Road Trip

“An armed man is a little republic unto himself”
― Dan Baum, Gun Guys: A Road Trip