Bowling for Columbine
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$5,000 for a bullet.
You know why?

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'Cause if a bullet cost $5,000,
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there'd be no more
innocent bystanders.

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[ clapping and cheering ]
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Every time
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somebody get shot, people are,
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"Damn, he must've
did something."

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See, they put $50,000's worth
of bullets in his ass!"

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And people'd think
before they killed somebody

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for a bullet that cost $5,000!
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"Man, I would blow
your fucking head off --

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if I could afford it."
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I'm gonna get me another job,
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I'm gonna start saving some
money, and you a dead man.

:07:42
You better hope I can't
get no bullets on layaway.

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- Not far from where
Charlton Heston and I grew up

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is a training ground
for the Michigan Militia.

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Why do you use the bowling pins?
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- From a self-defence or
whatever tactical standpoint,

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it's a small target,
which also represents

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the vitals on a...
on a human being,

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if you ever had to shoot at one.
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- The Michigan Militia
became known around the world

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when, on April 19th, 1995,
two guys living in Michigan

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who had attended
Militia meetings,

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Timothy McVeigh
and Terry Nichols,

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blew up the federal building
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in Oklahoma City,
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killing 168 people.
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The Michigan Militia
wanted everyone to know

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that they were nothing
like McVeigh and Nichols.

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- This is an American tradition.
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It's an American responsibility
to be armed.

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If you're not armed,
you're not responsible.

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Who's gonna defend your kids,
the cops?

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The federal government?
No, none of them.

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It's your job
to defend you and yours.

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If you don't do it,
you're in dereliction of duty,

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as an American. Period.
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- We're here to let them
know we're here to help.

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We're not the bogeymen
we're made out to be.

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We're here to help and defend
the people of this country.

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- I'm sure you guys
are the kind of people


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