"What a wonder is a gun!
What a versatile invention!
First of all, when you've a gun...
[click] (Guiteau stares down the audience, pointing his gun at them.)
...Everybody pays attention."
What a versatile invention!
First of all, when you've a gun...
[click] (Guiteau stares down the audience, pointing his gun at them.)
...Everybody pays attention."
— Charles Guiteau, Assassins
"You've been in business way too long when you recognize the sound of a .45 over the phone."
"Some small sounds carry well and have considerable stopping power."
"I believe that the sound of racking the pump of a shotgun is universally recognized as 'kiss your ass goodbye'."
— UNSC Combat Engineer, Halo
"She might be a witch, but she's our witch. [loud gun cock] So cut her the hell down."
— Mal, Firefly
"When primed and flipped from "safe" to "decidedly unsafe," the BH-209 cycles local atmospheric gases into the plant, producing a noticeable acoustic effect. While this hum is stealth-defeating, many law-enforcement agents have reported that it serves as an excellent deterrent."
— Strohl Munitions brochure, Schlock Mercenary
"In annoying cinematic trends, we’re still doing the constant cocking of guns, with safeties clicking off and off and no-seriously-this-time-its-really-off, which is the screen disease that’ll never go away."
Spock: Captain, I believe that perhaps it would be wise to do as he says. I just heard the sound of...
Kirk: The sound of a machine gun bolt being pulled back.
Kirk: The sound of a machine gun bolt being pulled back.
"[cocks gun] I'm gonna give you about...five seconds...to say something else. Or else, uh...things are gonna get a little ugly...gonna get a little ugly around here. You little bitch."
— Kerment, The Kerment Show
