Quotes / Reckless Gun Usage

"I don't have to be careful. I got a gun!"

— Homer Simpson, The Simpsons, "The Cartridge Family"

Officer Cackowski: Say, you look familiar. Did I ever pretend to shoot a guy in front of you to teach you a lesson about gun safety?
Annie: ...yes.
Officer Cackowski: Knew it. Never forget a face.

— Community, "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism"

"Guess I was safe last night."

Nate glanced at the teenagers on the walls. "This is the most dangerous place I know of. None of these punks knows that a safety can be set anywhere but full-automatic."

"I noticed."

"And you would have noticed if they had one of their accidents with grenades."

— Able Team: #19 "Ironman"

Mook 1: Hey, is your gun loaded?
Mook 2: Um, I think so, why?
Mook 1: BECAUSE YOU'RE POINTING IT RIGHT AT ME! YOU IDIOT!
Mook 2: Oh! Sorry! I'll point it in the other direction!
Mook 1: Good decision...HEY, YOU'RE STILL POINTING IT AT ME!

— A terrorist grunt being reprimanded by his sergeant in kill.switch

"The advent of low-profile carbonan armored uniforms in the mid-29th century served to underscore the importance of fire discipline in organizations where those uniforms were standard issue. It became entirely too tempting to tap an officer on the shoulder from fifty yards away to get his attention. After all, shouting takes effort, ammo is cheap, and shooting your CO in the back never gets old."

— Schlock Mercenary, Sunday November 4th 2007

"And James was rubbish with the shotgun..." (cue James May looking at the barrel of the shotgun while its pointing towards his head)

— Richard Hammond, Top Gear (UK), "Top Gear: Polar Special"

Soviet: Nevil, where are you firing?

Nevil: Don't know.

Soviet: What do you mean you DON'T KNOW?

—Soviet Womble, Random ARMA 3 Antistasi Bullshittery 3/5

There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.

—Starship Troopers

Spooner: HEY! Did you just shoot at me with your eyes closed?!
Calvin: Well, it worked, didn't it?!

—I, Robot

"You need boating education in New Hampshire." You don't need to have any education to buy a gun, though. You can just go pick that up at Walmart.

—JonTron

*bursts out laughing* Don't 'old on to dat end of it!
Grab da pin, throw de uvver part.

—Ork Tankbustaz on the proper use of grenades (which they use as melee weapons), Dawn of War

Come on and grab your ammo.
What have you got to lose?
Let's get all liquored up
And shoot at anything that moves!

—Trigger Happy, Weird Al