Wayne LaPierre Quotes

First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period ... with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained se curity personnel.

Wayne LaPierre

• Believe
• Tolerance
• Exception

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school - and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.

Wayne LaPierre

• Children
• School
• Politics

The presence of a firearm makes us all safer.

Wayne LaPierre

• Presence
• Safer
• Firearm

Laws can't control the lawless.

Wayne LaPierre

• Control
• Laws

I think the president's comfortable with a certain level of violence.

Wayne LaPierre

• Thinking
• Violence
• President

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

Wayne LaPierre

• Important
• Control
• Firearms

When it comes to the issue of background checks, let's be honest - background checks will never be 'universal' - because criminals will never submit to them.

Wayne LaPierre

• Honest
• Universal
• Criminals

We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster.

Wayne LaPierre

• People
• Crime
• Possibility

Guns don’t kill people. Video games, the media and Barack Obama’s budget kill people.

Wayne LaPierre

• People
• Media
• Budgets

We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone.

Wayne LaPierre

• Thinking
• Criminals
• Background