"I met this gun enthusiast. As research for my new novel, I asked him many questions, all the while voicing my disgust. My character might use a gun, but I never would. "Come to the range," the gun guy said. "I'll teach you to shoot."

I expected a dungeon full of men missing teeth and wearing T-shirts decorated with Confederate flags. Instead, I found a sunny, wood-paneled lobby and guys who looked like lawyers on their lunch break." -- Diana Wagman, LA Times.

"Let me tell you: anyone who feels more comfortable among lawyers than among rednecks doesn't deserve to own a gun." -- Kim du Toit.