Wayne LaPierre Quotes (29 Quotes)

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

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

don't have deep pockets.

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.

Cities do not have the authority under the state law to ban the possession of handguns.

The National Rifle Association, the major voice of the powerful gun lobby, greeted the news joyfully. This is a historic victory for the NRA. Freedom, truth and justice prevailed, ... No other industry is forced to defend themselves when a violent criminal they do not know, have never met and cannot control, misuses a legal non-defective product. American firearms manufacturers will now receive the same fair treatment.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

That's just not what good people do, ... It's been proven that good people can use rational decisions about what's necessary to save their life.

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

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.

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.

What we see is the president now dusting off every tired, old gun control bill that's been around his administration for the last six years -- waiting periods, one-gun-a-month schemes, imports or magazine bans, mandatory locks -- tired old schemes that will have no real impact on this criminal culture of violence in this country,

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.

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.

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.

Gun buyback programs are largely gestures for Mr. Rogers' neighborhood on TV, ... The world of drug dealers and gang members and violent felons -- they don't live in that neighborhood.

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.

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.

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.

I believe Clinton needs a certain level of violence in this country,

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.

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,

Americans saw a complete collapse of the government's ability to protect them.

How sure is the Grind that the NRA will back Bush Well, the group's monthly magazine features a cover photo of John Kerry posing with gun-control advocates Sens. Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein. You talk about the four horsemen of apocalypse, ... That's the picture.