- Katharine Kilpatrick: [as Sean sits with dead bodies of his wife and child he thinks back to Kevin's birthday] Come now, Sean. After all, it's the boy's birthday, and he has his heart set on it.
- Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick: Katharine, I don't care if it's the boy's birthday.
- Katharine Kilpatrick: It's only a toy gun. *All* little boys want toy guns.
- Kevin Kilpatrick: Why can't I have a gun, Daddy?
- Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick: 'Cause you can't reason with a gun, Kevin. I know it's hard for you to understand. If you have a gun, then another person wants to have a gun, and then another and another. And pretty soon, everyone has to live with a gun - that's very, very bad. We must not allow guns to do our thinking for us.
- Kevin Kilpatrick: I don't wanna hear anymore! You're a mean daddy, and I don't love you anymore.