Wayne LaPierre Quotes

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Wayne LaPierre

Profession : Activist

Birth : November 8, 1949

Always remember Rahm Emanuel and those of his ilk who are opposed to our fundamental civil right to keep and bear arms when you donate to NRA-ILA or the NRA Civil Rights Legal Defense Fund.

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Victimize gun owners, then blame the victims. That's the Chicago Way, and it will never change as long as city bosses are pathological in their hatred of our civil rights.

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It has always been sensible for good citizens to own and carry firearms for lawful protection against violent criminals who prey on decent people.

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After Hurricane Sandy, we saw the hellish world that the gun prohibitionists see as their utopia. Looters ran wild in south Brooklyn. There was no food, water or electricity. And if you wanted to walk several miles to get supplies, you better get back before dark, or you might not get home at all.

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The media try to make rank-and-file Americans feel guilty about buying a gun. The enemies of freedom demonize gun buyers and portray us as social lepers. But we know the truth. We know that responsible gun ownership exemplifies what is good and right about America.

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Gun owners are not buying firearms because they anticipate a confrontation with the government. Rather, we anticipate confrontations where the government isn't there - or simply doesn't show up in time.

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The Second Amendment is not just words on parchment. It's not some frivolous suggestion from our Founding Fathers to be interpreted by whim. It lies at the heart of what this country was founded upon.

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Our Founding Fathers knew that without Second Amendment freedom, all of our freedoms could be in jeopardy.

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Our individual liberty is the very essence of America. It is what makes America unique.

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If you aren't free to protect yourself - when government puts its thumb on that freedom - then you aren't free at all.

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I've been arguing with Dianne Feinstein for years.

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There's not a mom or dad that wants to leave their child unprotected.

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It shouldn't be just the rich and the powerful that send their children to schools where there is armed security. Parents shouldn't be holding their breath because there's no security in schools they're sending their children to.

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People that support more gun laws tend to have the least knowledge of the laws that are already on the books.

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When you're at war you do what it takes to win.

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The NRA was run like an old-time club when I took over. We were in the red and getting cut off from our membership.

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Once they ban rifles, they're gone forever.

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As members of the oldest civil rights organization in the nation, NRA members know tyranny when we see it.

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Obama cannot erase the Second Amendment without crippling or controlling exercise of the First Amendment.

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The ultimate goal of the gun ban 'scientific community' is to make the 'gun ownership is a disease' mantra into politically settled science.

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