Wayne LaPierre Quotes

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• Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out.
• We've witnessed a fire sale of American liberties at bargain basement prices, in return for the false promise of more security... The America being designed…
• Laws can't control the lawless.
• The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
• Politicians pass laws for gun-free school zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them, and in doing so, they tell…
• There exists in this country, sadly, a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people through vicious and…
• We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest…
• How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame — from a national media machine that rewards them with the…
• We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone.
• When absolutes are abandoned for principles, the U.S. Constitution becomes a blank slate for anyone’s graffiti.
• We need to have every single school in America immediately deploy a protection program proven to work —and by that I mean armed security.
• All that first term, lip service to gun owners is just part of a massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions…
• When it comes to the issue of background checks, let’s be honest – background checks will never be 'universal' – because criminals will never submit…
• The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress today to act…
• If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy.
• I think the air is out of the gun control balloon, and I think what popped the balloon is politics and elections.
• One hundred percent of the time, no plea bargain, no bail, you're going to the penitentiary - - that will change the atmosphere in this…
• The Democratic National Committee is virtually 100 percent anti-firearms ownership, and the Republican National Committee stands on the side of the freedom.
• Lawful residents of San Francisco are being stripped of their freedom because of an illegal measure that defies common sense. I believe that we will…
• What we've seen in Louisiana - the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster - is exactly the kind of situation where…

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