It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that he'd rather I'd shoot at tin cans in the backyard. But he said that sooner or later he supposed the temptation to go after birds would be too much, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted - if I could hit 'em; but to remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Havin' a gun around's an invitation to somebody to shoot you.
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