“If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.”

— Flannery O’Connor

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American novelist, short story writer 1925–1964

Harry Crews (1935–2012) Novelist, short story writer, essayist

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“I've had enough of this place where they stuff you full of bull and then hunt you down and kill you every day.”

R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) American writer

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Space Chantey (1968)

“I hope I won't end up having to hunt you all down and kill you in your sleep.”

Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker

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“The defenders were hunted down and killed. Even when they tried to surrender, they were killed, for their fortress had resisted and that was the fate of garrisons that showed defiance.”

Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer

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Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Fortress (1999)

“I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it's fine.”

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“We are pirates of compassion hunting down, hunting down and destroying pirates of profit.”

Paul Watson (1950) Canadian environmental activist

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“I have hunted all my life…but an AR-15 is not for hunting. It’s for killing.”

Bill Nelson

After the February 14, 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, on February 15, 2018 on the floor of the United States Senate ([Marc, Fisher, w:Marc Fisher, February 15, 2018, September 6, 2018, The Washington Post, The AR-15: ‘America’s rifle’ or illegitimate killing machine?, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-ar-15-americas-rifle-or-illegitimate-killing-machine/2018/02/15/743e66ca-1266-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html]; [USA Today, Florida shooting suspect bought gun legally, authorities say, Bart, Jansen, February 15, 2018, August 22, 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/15/florida-shooting-suspect-bought-gun-legally-authorities-say/340606002/]; [Florida Senators on Parkland School Shooting, February 15, 2018, C-SPAN, August 22, 2018, https://www.c-span.org/video/?441042-15/florida-senators-parkland-school-shooting]; [BBC, FL senator: 'AR-15 is not for hunting, it’s for killing', February 15, 2018, August 22, 2018, https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-43066528]) and in an interview on Fox News' Fox & Friends ([AR-15s are not the problem, manufacturers say after rifle-wielding teenage gunman kills 17 people at Florida school, Kevin, Breuninger, February 15, 2018, August 22, 2018, CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/ar-15s-not-the-problem-rifle-manufacturers-say-after-school-shooting.html]) and the next day in an appearance in Parkland ([VERBATIM: 'An AR-15 is not for hunting, it's for killing', Reuters, February 16, 2018, August 22, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/video/2018/02/16/verbatim-an-ar-15-is-not-for-hunting-its?videoId=401778248]; ['An AR-15 Is for Killing': Sen. Nelson Hopes FL Shooting Is the 'Turning Point' on Gun Control, Fox News, February 16, 2018, August 22, 2018, http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/02/16/bill-nelson-florida-school-shooting-could-be-turning-point-gun-control]).