I guess he decided he wouldn’t shoot till he had to… I reckon if he’d wanted us to know it, he’da told us. If he was proud of it, he’da told us” (Lee 98). Atticus doesn’t tell his kids about his past with shooting guns because he’s not proud of his talent and he only want to shoot a gun only if it was necessary, and in today's world we need people like Atticus who has self-control and doesn’t go around killing things because he just doesn’t enjoy in the bloodshed of innocent