Arrow (TV Series)

Spectre of the Gun (2017)

Laara Sadiq: Councilwoman Emily Pollard

Quotes 

• Councilwoman Emily Pollard : When you ran out on me last night, you neglected to mention it was to help people at a hospital.

  Oliver Queen : I'm forgetful that way.

  Councilwoman Emily Pollard : Is he in custody?

  Oliver Queen : DHA says that he's going to plead guilty to everything. Councilwoman Pollard, this is Rene Ramirez. He works very closely with Deputy Mayor Lance, and he is a very, very vocal proponent of gun ownership rights. Freedom isn't free, not even freedom to bear arms, so... Mr. Ramirez and I got together and came up with this.

  Councilwoman Emily Pollard : What is this?

  Rene Ramirez : City-wide gun control ordinances... Nothing that makes it harder to buy or own, or carry a gun.

  Oliver Queen : It also doesn't prohibit people from protecting themselves from gun violence.

  Councilwoman Emily Pollard : [Councilwoman Pollard reviews the document]  Okay, I'm going to back you on this, if for no other reason than the optics of fighting this after what happened are lousy

  Oliver Queen : There are other reasons, too, Councilwoman.

  Councilwoman Emily Pollard : But I wanna be perfectly clear about something... Not today, not tomorrow, but eventually, I am going to extract a political price for this--you can count on that.

  Oliver Queen : [Hesitantly]  Sounds like a yes.

  Councilwoman Emily Pollard : I can live with what you got here.

  Oliver Queen : Good, 'cause living is the whole point.