Wayne LaPierre Quotes
I don't think you should have firearms where people are drinking.
LaPierre, Wayne. Interview. Good Morning America, ABC, 1999.
In Colombia, as in the U. S., there are many more deaths and injuries to family members caused by guns in homes, then there are deaths or injuries caused by intruders, robbers or other bad actors. However, for many Americans—especially men—they would prefer the risk of a gun in the home, than the indignity of being unable to defend their families and themselves. In essence, this is the crux of the gun control debate. Both sides are right and just reflect different values.
Note that this was 4 years before the American Constitutional Convention and even longer before the American debate over the Bill of Rights and the 2nd Amendment. But, the importance of the right to bear arms was not an American invention. Van der Capellen was talking about it and writing about it before the Americans considered it. It is not known whether or not any of the Americans knew about van der Capellen and his view on citizen armament.
Even though the research was done by the U. S. CDC (Communicable Disease Center), the finest public health research center in the world, it was still attacked by the National Rifle Association and many of their supporters in Congress. The response was so intense that in the appropriations for the CDC there was an amendment that required that Federal Money not be spent for “Gun Safety Research”. So Federal Health Agencies were actually barred by Congress from doing any research as to how guns can be used, stored and manufactured more safely.
Although written by a science fiction writer, this is one of the best quotations arguing for widespread gun ownership.
He and saome others were concerned that if most American citizens knew most of the details about terrorists and U. S. potential vulnerability to terrorism, many would be totally inhibited and American Society would become very insular and restrictive to the detriment of the nation and the economy. Critics argue that American's imagination stimulated by entertainment, journalism and literature was extreely robust and Americans nnetheless could handle the risks. And the secrecy even exacerbates the problem becasue there was no way to refute or curtain those who exaggerated the problem and the risks.
Wayne Robert LaPierre, Jr. is an American gun rights activist serving as the executive vice president (EVP) of the National Rifle Association (NRA) since 1991.
