Wayne LaPierre Quotes

I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.

Gun regulation is historically as American as is gun possession.

But there are 90 million gun owners in the United States. Only 3.5 million want the insurance and magazines and the various things you get for joining the NRA.

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.

Look, I owns guns.

For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.

As long as there have been guns in America there have been regulations governing their use and storage. Without government direction there would have been no body of Minutemen to muster on the town greens at Lexington and Concord. If the Founders had imbibed the strong gun rights ideology that drives today's gun debate we would all be drinking tea and singing, "God save our gracious Queen.

Self defense—a reason which is not accepted in Great Britain as a reason for owning a gun.

Every time we license or register guns it is a precursor to confiscation.

I want people to have the right to bear arms.

We wouldn't take a gun away from a law-abiding citizen. We wouldn't take a gun away from anyone.

We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety.

The last time Congress seriously addressed the notion of creating a way to keep track of America's guns was 1968.

When I go to Lockheed or General Motors... all those union members are gun owners. They believe in responsible gun ownership and responsible gun safety, but all those guys are gun owners, and that's not necessarily an issue in New Jersey.

What we need to create is the NRA - except for the opposite issues.

I'm a gun owner and strong supporter of the Second Amendment.

Not a single federal dollar should be used for states or cities efforts to target law-abiding gun owners.

The knee-jerk approach of those who want to control firearms may not be the solution.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.

Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.

Guns are part of the American identity.

I'm a registered, vetted gun owner, but that's because I live way out in the country, like way out in the middle of nowhere.

I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any.

I don't believe gun owners have rights.