“They won't care if you shot the gun. They'll be thinking of the...” – Hilton Barber, Dead Man Walking ... Movie Quotes Database

They won't care if you shot the gun. They'll be thinking of the crime. And of you as a monster. It's easy to kill a monster but hard to kill a human being.

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