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"I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands" is a slogan popularized by US organizations opposed to gun control. A form of the slogan is attested from the 1970s when it was promoted by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
"Cold Dead Hand" is a single and accompanying music video created for Funny or Die by comedian Jim Carrey with The Eels, playing as "Lonesome Earl and the Clutterbusters".The title is a reference to a statement Charlton Heston made while acting as spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, "I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands."
Heston was the president (a largely ceremonial position) and spokesman of the NRA from 1998 until he resigned in 2003. At the 2000 NRA convention, he raised a rifle over his head and declared that a potential Al Gore administration would take away his Second Amendment rights "from my cold, dead hands".
Michigan AG Dana Nessel took to the stage at the DNC in Chicago on Wednesday to speak on freedoms secured by Democrats in her endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket.
"You can pry this wedding ring from my cold, dead, gay hand," said Nessel, ad-libbing a line to the prepared text for a short speech she gave in support of Vice President Kamala Harris' election ...
"You can pry this wedding ring from my cold, dead, gay hand," said Nessel, ad-libbing a line to the prepared text for a short speech she gave in support of Vice President Kamala Harris' election ...
You’ll have to pry our real-sugar-spiked Luzianne out of our cold dead hands. ... Ban on gun sales to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional, appeals court rules ...
We Love You is the seventh studio album by the American electro-industrial band Combichrist.The album was released on 24 March 2014, and includes the singles "From My Cold Dead Hands" and "Maggots at the Party".