# Mychael Waller in In Guns We Trust (2026): Everything They Say in the Film

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> Every line Mychael Waller speaks in In Guns We Trust (2026), the feature documentary by Josh Janssen with Tommy Jackett: 8 lines in 1 scene, with the time of each, from the film's transcript. Nashville, Tennessee.

Transcript · In the film

# Mychael Waller

Nashville, Tennessee

Mychael Waller shoots clays as coach Joe Calabrace looks on at Cross Creek Clays near Nashville, Tennessee. Still ›

**In the film**

8 lines in 1 scene, 290 words. First speaks at 33:42.

**Scenes**

Mychael Waller: three times

**Elsewhere**

In the credits · IMDb

32:28

## 16. MYCHAEL WALLER: THREE TIMES — NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (33:42): Pull.

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (33:53): Pull.

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (34:00): Pull.

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (34:19): So I'm used to, like, just training for, like, defensive shooting, so this is— I do clay shoot, but it's a little bit different, like you say.

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (34:29): It's different. Oh my gosh, it definitely is.

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (34:36): No. I shoot to stop them. So in both situations, I just shot to stop them. When they stop moving, I stop shooting.

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (35:04): First one, I was walking with my five-year-old son. His name's MJ, Mychael Waller Jr. We were in Chicago, we lived at the time, and I was going home. And as I was walking with him, a Latino male approached me in the alley, around 3:40 in the afternoon, so it was broad daylight, kind of looked like this. And, you know, pulls out a gun, starts throwing up gang signs. And as he started approaching me, I then go to shield my son behind me, and I go for my firearm. And when he sees my firearm, he opened fire, misses, and I returned fire, hitting him. And we just are, at that point, we're just exchanging gunfire. We're in a gunfight. It feels like forever, but it's happening within seconds. He lifts his head up. When he lifts his head up, I take a shot at his head, and he goes down.

**MYCHAEL WALLER** (36:03): I think what helps me every time, every night I think about it, is just knowing that my son's okay. That kind of helps me get through, you know, those moments, you know. And now my wife and children, they really help me, you know, keep pushing through, because it gets hard at times, you know, taking life. But it was either our lives or his. So it was a pretty easy choice to make.

Every line as spoken in the film, from the full transcript. Times are from the picture-locked cut; children’s names are withheld. Quotation with attribution is welcome. Spotted a mistake? hello@ingunswetrustfilm.com