The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson

“I believe I have every right to have guns. I just bought another huge weapon. A lot of people shouldn’t own guns. I should. I have a safety record” Hunter S. Thompson (via batcountryword)

“One of the worst incidents of that era caused no complaints at all: this was a sort of good-natured firepower demonstration, which occurred one Sunday morning about three-thirty. For reasons that were never made clear, I blew out my back windows with five blasts of a 12-gaguge shotgun, followed moments later by six rounds from a .44 Magnum. It was a prolonged outburst of heavy firing, drunken laughter and crashing glass. Yet the neighbors reacted with total silence. For a while I assumed that some freakish wind pocket had absorbed all the noise and carried it out to sea, but after my eviction I learned otherwise. Every one of the shots had been duly recorded on the gossip log. Another tenant in the building told me the landlord was convinced, by all the tales he’d heard, that the interior of my apartment was reduced to rubble by orgies, brawls, fire and wanton shooting. He had even heard stories about motorcycles being driven and and out the front door.” Hunter S. Thompson (via thechocolatebrigade)

“He has 22 guns, and every one is loaded.” Hunter S. Thompson’s wife, during an argument that escalated to her calling the police, when the officer asked her if “he has any guns.” (via seriousgourmetshit)

“Press cards are nice things to have, but in riot situations a pistol is the best kind of safe-conduct pass.” Hunter S. Thompson (via tunecedemalis)

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“Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals!”

Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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