Wayne LaPierre Quotes

Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.

Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.

The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them 'more' illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation.

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.

I am all for controlling guns.

[Referring to gun control:] You've got to protect your legitimate sportsman and hunter, but by God, you've got to protect your police officers too.

I don’t think there is a Constitutional right for individuals to bear arms. But I’m against gun control. So there!

If gun control worked, the District of Columbia would be the safest place in America.

We will ban all handguns from peoples’ homes.

It [gun control] is not a loss of freedom. It's a measure to protect it.

Magazine clips with more than 10 rounds should be prohibited from civilian use.

For over 200 years after the adoption of the Second Amendment, it was uniformly understood as not placing any limit on either federal or state authority to enact gun control legislation.

If the U.N. gun-ban treaty is ever signed and ratified into law, we may never get a second chance to save the Second Amendment.

I think we all have a right to bear arms, whichever amendment that is.

Despite Obama's claim that pro-Second Amendment groups want less gun safety, the opposite is true.

It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.

The NRA is funded by weapons manufacturers, and those same manufacturers know that they stand to lose some business if we pass common-sense gun legislation. As a result, the NRA contributes money to politicians to ensure that gun control never happens.

I'll be honest with you, I really struggle with the conversation around gun control.

Between myself, my brother, my father, and my wife, we have four of the 1,500 concealed carry permits for New York City, which is one of the most difficult carry licenses to get anywhere in the world and certainly in the United States. It is something we believe in fundamentally.

I do support and believe in the Second Amendment. But I do think we need more background checks rather than less.

I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something I would oppose.

How dare politicians continue to pass insane laws forcing good, law-abiding people to be defenseless and helpless.

I am a very strong supporter of the Second Amendment.