The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and...

What do you call a rifle with three barrels?A trifle.

Bolt actions speak louder than words.

If green carpet grew on trees instead of leaves, I’d pick off a few cats—with my rifle.

But I’m not talking about now. Last Tuesday I could have killed you. Had you in the scope of my rifle, but I let you live. Now THAT was stupid.