Bowling for Columbine (2002)

James Nichols: Self - Brother of Terry Nichols

Quotes 

• John Nichols : [On the topic of gun ownership]  No one has the right to tell me I can't have it. That is protected on our constitution.

  Michael Moore : Where does it say a handgun is protected?

  John Nichols : No, gun. We should...

  Michael Moore : [Interrupting]  It doesn't say gun. It says "arms".

  John Nichols : Arms. What is "arms"?

  Michael Moore : Could be a nuclear weapon.

  John Nichols : [Moves his arm about]  It's not these - That's right. It could be a nuclear weapon.

  Michael Moore : Do you think you should have the right to have weapons-grade plutonium here in the farm field?

  John Nichols : We should be able to have anything...

  Michael Moore : [Interrupting]  Should you have weapons? Should you have weapons-grade plutonium?

  John Nichols : I don't want it.

  [chuckles] 

  Michael Moore : But, should you have the right to have it if you did want it?

  John Nichols : [Thinking about it]  That should be restricted.

  Michael Moore : Oh! Oh, so you do believe in some restrictions?

  John Nichols : Well, there's wackos out there.

• John Nichols : When the government turns tyrannical, it is your duty to overthrow it.

  Michael Moore : Why not use Gandhi's way? He didn't have guns, and he beat the British Empire.

  John Nichols : I'm not... familiar with that.

• John Nichols : I sleep with a .44 magnum under my pillow.

  Michael Moore : [in disbelief]  Come on. That's what everyone says.

• John Nichols : I use the pen, because the pen is mightier than the sword. But you must always keep a sword handy for when the pen fails.

• Self - Brother of Terry Nichols : Them people-law enforcement, if you want to call them that-came here and they were shaking. They were literally shaking in their shoes, scared to death!

  Self - Narrator : Of?

  Self - Brother of Terry Nichols : Because they thought this was going to be another Waco. Because certain people, namely my ex-wife and others, said, "I'm a radical, I'm a wild man. I got a gun under every arm, down every leg, in every corner of the house. If you say anything to me, I'll shoot you!"