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Amendment Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

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LaPierre claims that politicians use fear and lies about tragedy to push gun‑control agendas. He says the United States is the only developed nation that enshrines a God‑given right to keep and bear arms. He urges gun owners to speak up, saying their collective voice protects the Second Amendment and broader liberties.

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The presence of a firearm makes us all safer.

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Law-abiding people need to be able to own firearms to protect themselves.

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Guns don’t kill people. Video games, the media and Barack Obama’s budget kill people.

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I don't think you should have firearms where people are drinking.

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Once they ban rifles, they're gone forever.

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Obama means to erase the Second Amendment by any means possible.

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The future of the Second Amendment depends on the free exercise of the First Amendment.

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If the U.N. gun-ban treaty is ever signed and ratified into law, we may never get a second chance to save the…

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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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The NRA is where you resist, and stand and fight to put America back on track to restore and preserve our individual…

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If I were a betting man, the odds are that Obama's White House and Justice Department will double down on their gun-control…

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Our fight isn't just about the Second Amendment, it's about preserving all our liberties - saving our constitutional heritage and protections for…

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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…

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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…

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These zealots for disarming individual Americans choose not to recognize the basic notion that defines American freedom: the difference between a good…

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Through your individual leadership, millions of gun owners across the nation made their voices heard sending an unmistakable message: stop President Barack…

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Obama and Holder would make it a felony not to submit to a rigorous grilling for anyone transferring any firearm anywhere in…

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In truth, we are the only developed country on earth with a constitution that recognizes the God-given right to keep and bear…

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We are the millions and millions of Americans who take responsibility for our own safety and protection of our children as a…

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Whenever the creation of a national, computerized database of gun owners is proposed, the advocates pushing it insist that people have nothing…

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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…

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First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period ... with the rare…

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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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President Obama, he's never going to debate me on guns. His knowledge on that issue wouldn't fill a thimble, and he knows…

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We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for…

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There are only two reasons to compile list of gun owners: to tax them or to take them.

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The National Rifle Association - all that we believe in and fight for - has become a metaphor for the core American…

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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…

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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…

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The Democratic National Committee is virtually 100 percent anti-firearms ownership, and the Republican National Committee stands on the side of the freedom.

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Parents all over the country are using their right to keep and bear arms to protect their kids.

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What gun owners would support policies that are blatantly designed to strip them of their constitutional freedom? To put it bluntly: gullible…

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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 it comes to the issue of background checks, let’s be honest – background checks will never be 'universal' – because criminals…

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Success in restoring and bolstering Second Amendment rights through aggressive legal challenges depends on you, your friends, family and colleagues.

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We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere, for anyone.

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Politicians pass laws for gun-free school zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them, and in doing…

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Obama, Bloomberg, and the national gun-ban media frequently exploit tragedy, using fear and lies to sell their agenda to non-gun owners, especially…

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Facts tell us that criminalizing private transfers of firearms among family members and friends under a universal background check system would do…

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For any American who is worried about this country, who feels our core values slipping away, who believes something has to be…

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We cannot make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free.

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Lawful residents of San Francisco are being stripped of their freedom because of an illegal measure that defies common sense. I believe that we…

The Internet, as the most open free-speech institution in history, has become a major factor in gun owners' ability to achieve success in preserving…

Folks, Brian Williams isn't the exception. He's exactly what they've taught us to expect from them all. It's not journalism any more - it's…

People have become so weary of all the government and media dishonesty, the all-too-commonplace lying, that most Americans have stopped listening.

Everybody, every American starts to have - needs to start having a security plan. We need to be able to protect ourselves.

We at the NRA embrace and hold dear what makes us uniquely American. Family, responsibility, patriotism, mutual respect, honesty, civic duty.

In truth, we are the only developed country on earth with a constitution that recognizes the God-given right to keep and bear arms, and…

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