I think the president's comfortable with a certain level of violence. Wayne LaPierre More Quotes by Wayne LaPierre More Quotes From Wayne LaPierre Socialism is a movement that loves a smear. Wayne LaPierre smearlovessocialismmovement To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun. Wayne LaPierre stopbadgoodgun When you hear politicians who won't fix the broken system talk about expanding it, don't buy it. Wayne LaPierre politicianstalkyoubroken Only in the Orwellian world of double-speak employed by President Barack Obama and billionaire elitist Michael Bloomberg would nonsense be hailed as 'common sense.' Wayne LaPierre nonsensecommon-sensepresidentworld Facts tell us that criminalizing private transfers of firearms among family members and friends under a universal background check system would do nothing to prevent 'gun violence,' and importantly, would not have prevented the profound tragedies that gun banners use to promote such a system. Wayne LaPierre friendsfamilyviolencegun Whenever the creation of a national, computerized database of gun owners is proposed, the advocates pushing it insist that people have nothing to fear because politicians will not abuse the enormous power inherent in such a database. Wayne LaPierre gunpowerfearpeople Obama, Bloomberg and nearly every politician and gun-ban zealot pushing for a universal background check system are on record supporting mandatory gun registration, outright bans and even confiscation. To them, 'universal background checks' are just the first step in their long march to destroying our Second Amendment-protected rights. Wayne LaPierre first-stepstepgunlong We at the NRA embrace and hold dear what makes us uniquely American. Family, responsibility, patriotism, mutual respect, honesty, civic duty. Wayne LaPierre patriotismrespectfamilyhonesty If you think the Obama White House and Ben Rhodes lying to the American people about Iran - and laughing about it - was bad, just wait until Hillary Clinton's spin doctors get hold of the media. Wayne LaPierre waityouwhitepeople In all of history, there has always been a time and a place where patriots rise up against the decree of the elites and shout, 'No more... get your hands off my freedom!' Wayne LaPierre freedomtimehistoryhands We know a Hillary Clinton White House would be ground zero for a massive attack on our freedom. A revolving door and cash register for every Michael Bloomberg, George Soros and every gun ban group in the world. Wayne LaPierre freedomgunwhiteworld If I were a betting man, the odds are that Obama's White House and Justice Department will double down on their gun-control agenda by edict. Wayne LaPierre downmanwhitejustice We must keep the pressure on Congress to curb Obama's continued abuse of power. We must always expose that abuse to fellow citizens. Wayne LaPierre alwaysabusepowerpressure As we've always said, in politics the person with the biggest number wins. Wayne LaPierre personalwayspoliticssaid Through your individual leadership, millions of gun owners across the nation made their voices heard sending an unmistakable message: stop President Barack Obama's destruction of our liberty and restore our Constitution. Wayne LaPierre nationconstitutiongunleadership The only way President Obama and his cohorts could sell Obamacare was to conceal the law's true ramifications and convince those who were already content with their health insurance that they wouldn't be affected. Wayne LaPierre truehealthlawway Obama, Bloomberg, and the national gun-ban media frequently exploit tragedy, using fear and lies to sell their agenda to non-gun owners, especially when it comes to election season. This is their traditional playbook. Wayne LaPierre electionmediatragedyfear What gun owners would support policies that are blatantly designed to strip them of their constitutional freedom? To put it bluntly: gullible gun owners. Wayne LaPierre themsupportfreedomgun Simply put, violent criminals break the law - any law - every day with impunity. Wayne LaPierre every-daydaybreaklaw If we do not elect a national legislature that will hold Obama accountable, he and his radical cohorts will destroy the tree of liberty. Just mark my words. Wayne LaPierre wordswilllibertytree
