“Johnny Get Your Gun” quotes from 7th Heaven

Ruthie

I'm just playing.

Annie

And what exactly were you playing?

Ruthie

That I got shot, just like in the video game called "Bah Boom." Ricky had it at school, and it's really cool. You hold it in your hand, and a soldier walks around in the :jungle and tries not to step on any land mines or get shot by the bad guys.

Annie

Honey, do you know that there are real children who step on real land mines and lose arms and legs, and some even die?

Ruthie

No, but this isn't for real. It's just a game, a video game. Can I have one?

Annie

No, you cannot have one. I don't like those games. We'll find something else for you to play with, okay?

Simon

Are you crying?

Johnny, my old boyfriend, broke up with his girlfriend. Actually, the girlfriend broke up with him.

Simon

So you're breaking up with me?

No, I'm not breaking up with you. That's the problem.

Simon

Good, I don't think I can go through another breakup so early in the school year. Wait, then what is the problem?

Johnny. He's gonna come after you. I just know he will. He's like that.

Simon

When you say "come after me," exactly what do you mean by that?

Simon

Hey, excuse me.

Oh, hey, little buddy, am I in your way?

Simon

It's not buddy. it's Simon Camden. Are you Johnny?

So you've heard of me. That's good. Have you heard that this is my girlfriend, Deena?

Simon

I believe that's "was" your girlfriend. Deena was your girlfriend. She's my girlfriend now.

We'll see about that, buddy. I'll see you later.

See what a jerk he is?

Simon

Don't worry, I can take care of him. Piece of cake.

Look, Mighty Mouse, stay out of this or I'll take you out of this.

Simon

Take me out of this?

[makes a gun gesture with his fingers] Get it?

Simon

You're gonna shoot me?

Yeah, just when you least suspect it, you're gonna turn around and find a .38 special pointed right at you. [chuckles] Yeah, I just might do that. You're gonna have to look over your shoulder everywhere you go.

Simon

I'm not sure about that, either. See, the thing is, he's probably just trying to scare me, but Deena's old boyfriend... he said he was gonna shoot me.

I have to follow procedure. I have to call in the parents, have a meeting with them, send the kid to a counselor. They have to recommend that he see a therapist or I have to risk losing my tenure and retirement. And that may not sound like much, but I have a family too.

Eric

But what about tomorrow? What if he comes to school with a gun tomorrow?

I agree that Simon and Deena should stay home from school until I get some answers.

Eric

Well, thanks for your help.

Martin, I had your son's locker opened this morning.

What?

I had reason to believe he might have a weapon.

And did he? No.

His locker looks like an altar to violence. There are pictures of people torturing animals. A stack of gun ads. CDs of an extremely sexual and violent nature. Comic books along the same themes. My guess is, his room looks the same way.

So what if it does? He's a teenage boy.

Eric

He's a teenage boy who pointed his finger at my son's head and mentioned the exact gun he would use on him. [to Vice Principal Blackstone] I'm sorry. You asked me to let you handle this. [to Mr. Morton] And I can't help but notice that he threatened my son with the exact same gun that you own.

I have a license for that gun.

Eric

I don't care if you have a license for that gun. Licensed or unlicensed, your son has access to it, and I... you seem to be in complete denial of any possibility that something could go terribly wrong here.

I know my son, okay? My son would never shoot anyone.

Sergeant Michaels

At the very least, until this situation is resolved, you might wanna take the gun out of the house.

The gun is for our protection.

Sergeant Michaels

Did you know that people who keep a gun at home for self-protection are 43 times more likely to kill themselves, a family member or an acquaintance than to be killed by an armed intruder?

Do you know that guns don't kill people? People kill people.

Eric

People with guns kill people!

Gentlemen...

Eric

No, is it too much to ask this man to admit that his son has a problem and take some action?

Oh, I'm gonna take action, all right. I'm not gonna be forced to give up my right to bear arms. I'm not gonna have my back pushed against the wall by some lame assistant principal and a minister who's got friends in the police department. What I am gonna do is call the school board and the chief of police, because this is harassment. Furthermore, I'm gonna take my son out of this school. I'm gonna put him in a private school where he won't be treated like some common criminal. The public school system has failed my son and failed my family. And if this is what I get for my tax dollars, then forget it! [to Johnny] Come on, son, we're done here.

Will the minor please rise? Johnny, I've gone over your record very carefully, as well as the psychological evaluation that was provided to me. And I had to consider that this was not your first offence, that you did admit to stalking the Reverend with an intent to kill him, and to date, you have shown no remorse. Now, this is not to say that I have no hope of your ever changing, because I do. We have successfully rehabilitated young men and women just like yourself, and I intend to follow your case very closely. But today, Johnny, based upon the information gathered, as well as my own conversations with you and your parents, I feel I have no choice but to relinquish you to the State Youth Authority, where you will remain under their care until you're 25 years old, which is the maximum penalty I am allowed to assign a 12-year-old. This concludes this hearing. Court is recessed.

Don't let them take me! Please! Don't let them take me! I wanna go home! I wanna go home!

Eric

Amen.