In to kill a Mockingbird when did Atticus say...?

Question

"shoot all the blue jays you wantm, but remember it's a sin to kill a mokingbird?" at what part did he say that? and what was happening before he said that?

Answer 1

Atticus says this when Scout and Jem are out in the yard playing with the new rifles their uncle had given to them

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Their father Atticus had given them air rifles, the uncle Jack is to teach them to shoot. The mockingbird is a symbol of innocence, specifically, the black defendant Atticus defends.