Wayne LaPierre Quotes
Our fight isn't just about the Second Amendment, it's about preserving all our liberties - saving our constitutional heritage and protections for the future.
LaPierre, Wayne. "Standing Guard." America's 1st Freedom, National Rifle Association, 2016.
The Fort Collins newspaper had published the names of concealed gun permit holders. Clauber and others felt that this inhibited people who were breaking no laws and just wanted to avail themselves of their 2nd Amendment rights. The Newspaper argued that there was a public safety issue at stake in that people should be aware of which people they may be dealing with in day to day affairs are armed and this they can alter their behavior as not to provoke or deal with these people.
This quotation was used ten years later by Virginia which, in convention, passed a resolution objecting to the Alien & Sedition Acts. The drafter of the original resolution was James Madison.
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.