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they want to go and kill animals.. and that's when their father told them not to shoot mockingbirds because they do nothing but make music and it would be a sin to harm them... henceforth why the book is titled that

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Jem and Scout asked their father, Atticus, to borrow a gun to protect themselves from Bob Ewell, who had made threats against them after the trial of Tom Robinson. They were afraid for their safety and wanted to be prepared in case Bob Ewell tried to harm them.

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They asked to borrow his gun since Bob Ewell had been aking threats against them

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