Wayne LaPierre Quotations

Politicians are putting their career in jeopardy if they oppose this type of bill.

If we lose under California state law, which I don't expect, that is not the end of it. The next step would be a federal lawsuit based on infringement of the Second Amendment of the Constitution.

He voted the way that state wanted him to vote, ... I mean, he used to call us up. We used to have meetings. We contributed to him. And I kind of look at him now, and I go, 'This is a conversion worthy of investigation by the church.'

I think it may be the most important election in the history of the Second Amendment. We're telling people, if they value the freedom to own a firearm, this is the election you'd better get out and vote.

We must never, never, never forget New Orleans, ... The equation is always the same -- where there are good people and bad people -- the good people only win if they are armed.

When law enforcement isn't available, Americans turn to the one right that protects all the others, the right to keep and bear arms,

We were told 25 people went in to get their guns and eight left with their firearms.

While I applaud what they're doing -- they seem to be embracing it -- I want to look real hard at this to see that they have had a change of heart and want to make this a way of life, ... Good Morning, America.

You are missed here in this town every single day.

Congress finally got frustrated by politicians and gun-ban advocates misusing their trace data in a way that was not only misrepresenting the truth, but was releasing sensitive information that could impede criminal investigation.

I've come to believe he (Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country. He is willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda. The vice president, too. How else can you explain this dishonesty we get out of the administration?

The sheer blizzard of litigation is destroying the American firearms industry, ... the strategy is to bury the American firearms industry in litigation and bankrupt it.

There was no one too small for Vic to try to help. He really, truly cared about people. That's why he got into politics. He lived it, breathed it and acted it.

it's bad politics to be on the wrong side of the 2nd Amendment.

It's a historic piece of legislation. As of Oct. 20, the Second Amendment is probably in the best shape in this country that it's been in decades.

You talk about the four horsemen of apocalypse. That's the picture.

In many cases, it was from their homes at gunpoint. There were no receipts given or anything else at a time when there was no 911 response and these citizens were out there on their own protecting their families, ... The worst thing about it is that it was at a time of complete collapse of the government's ability to protect people and they were trying to protect themselves.

I really wish they would take a look at this program because it is the only one out there that really makes children safe, and it's cut accident rates to the lowest levels in U.S. history.

a historic day for the NRA and also for the Second Amendment.

The effect of their (the administration's) policy, by not taking the drug dealer with a gun, the violent felon with a gun, and the gang member with a gun off the street is somebody later gets killed.

The city said if we'd withdraw the suit they would return the guns. We have withdrawn it, reserving the right to file again.

Isn’t fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography?

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

What we've seen in Louisiana - the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster - is exactly the kind of situation where the Second Amendment was intended to allow citizens to protect themselves.

The danger isn't that Big Brother may storm the castle gates. The danger is that Americans don't realize that he is already inside the castle walls.

One hundred percent of the time, no plea bargain, no bail, you're going to the penitentiary - - that will change the atmosphere in this culture of violence the president talks about, .

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 entertainment, it's celebrity, it's agendas and it's money. All too often, a lie is now an acceptable way of communicating. To the media, a lie has as much value as the truth.

For someone attacked by criminals to be victimized a second time by a second-guessing legal system is wrong.

If gun free zones save lives, why doesn't Obama just declare Iraq, Syria & Afghanistan one big gun free zone?

How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame — from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave — while provoking others to try to make their mark? A dozen more killers? A hundred? More? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?

Hillary Rodham Clinton will bring a permanent darkness of deceit and despair forced upon the American people to endure.

I think the air is out of the gun control balloon, and I think what popped the balloon is politics and elections.

Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out.

If [the shooting of Gabby Giffords in] Tucson tells us anything at all, it tells us this: Government has failed.

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

If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy.

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 violent video games.

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 prevail.

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 or natural disaster.

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 every insane killer in America that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk,

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

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.

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

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

First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period ... with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained se curity personnel.

I think every school needs a protection plan with a either police officer or certified 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 to destroy the Second Amendment during his second term,

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 immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school - and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.

Here's a summary for the time or attention challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for a living.

The presence of a firearm makes us all safer.

We cannot make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free.

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

Laws can't control the lawless.

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 right now won't resemble the America we've been defending... The danger isn't that Big Brother may storm the castle gates. The danger is that Americans don't realize that he is already inside the castle walls.

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

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.