LaPierre says gun owners are ready to 'stand and fight'
February 14th, 2013
09:35 AM ET
1 year ago

LaPierre says gun owners are ready to 'stand and fight'











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  1. dannyC

    Any Republican who reads LaPierra's full manifesto and doesn't run for the hills from the NRA is delusional. The GOP has self-inflicted a lot of damage in the last couple of years but if they don't make a response to get rid of LaPierra they are going to be begging the LIBERTARIANS to help them get their candidate into the Presidential debates in 2016.

    February 14, 2013 10:26 am at 10:26 am |
  2. The Other Dale

    Y'know, the argument that we better just let crazy people have guns or else they'll "stand and fight" and start shooting and killing people out of paranoia probably isn't the best one to go with for the NRA.

  3. Jan

    Nuts and guns, nuts and guns. Kill kill kill kill. Makes for great conversation. gun nuts just LOVE to brag about how they are going to defend their family and kill kill kill. They LOVE the prospect of being able to KILL someone, anyone. In the meantime, you don't hear the NRA and gun owners screaming for more police and increased funding for police, more/better training for them and higher wages. Oh no.


    February 14, 2013 10:28 am at 10:28 am |
  4. PaulCat

    NRA members, stop being stupid. Do you have enough brain to see that Wayne LaPierre is just using you?

  5. scott

    Damn right! We will fight!

    February 14, 2013 10:29 am at 10:29 am |
  6. Randy, San Francisco

    LaPierre must still be waiting for a signal the British are coming or an Indian attack is imminent on the frontier. The man is still living in the 18th and 19th centuries.

  7. Philip J. Fry

    Not sure if he really is a paranoid anarchist,,,or if he's only appealing to people's fears to boost membership and revenue for his organization and the gun industry...

    February 14, 2013 10:30 am at 10:30 am |
  8. Anonymous

    Yes, we will! Semper Fi......

  9. Blah blah the wheel's off your trailer

    Gun owners are ready to stand and fight? Really? The last time I checked, it was a republican congress and president who dragged us into two wars to take away the guns of the Afghans and Iraqis. That is ludicrous crap.

    February 14, 2013 10:31 am at 10:31 am |
  10. mgctampa

    What is it with these nuts that are "in love with guns" I have a gun, but its a thing not an object of affection. Something is wrong with people that worship guns.

  11. w5cdt

    And the NRA should know the rest of us with "fight" against them.

  12. w5cdt

    Bring it on guys are way over the top.

    February 14, 2013 10:34 am at 10:34 am |
  13. Paulwisc

    Remember, Wayne, when you're up against that hurricane, shoot to kill. It's no time to be namby-pamby - empty your magazine into that sucker.

  14. laughingstock

    Wow...It's almost as if you can actually see the gun manufacturer's standing over LaPiere's shoulder as he wrote this...

    If the NRA was just for gun rights, they'd be spearheading the effort to find some solution that works and that everybody agrees to. Instead, they prove that they primarily represent the gun makers by trying to spread fear and paranoia, and drive up gun sales to anybody with a pulse and a few bucks. Pulse optional.

  15. J. Olver

    Universal background checks in no way infringe on the right of law abiding and mentally stable citizens to purchase and own weapons. With the exception of weapons designed specifically to kill large numbers of people quickly, no one is trying to take away the guns most people own. Gun registration and tracking of sales also doesn't infringe on the right to own a weapon and would dramatically cut back on crime. Gun addicts are like any other addict, they want their fix. Holding a gun in there hand gives them a sense of power and that is what they are addicted to.

  16. Charlie

    Of course we will fight. My questions to the leftest rebels.

    What exactly have I done wrong that I cannot own an AR-15 or 30 round magazines??????

  17. lolo

    Fight about what? NRA just keep on telling your lies to your base. No one wants their guns, we just want to ban assault weapons. Why would an ordinary person need assault weapons? These neo-cons are in La-La land. Still living in the 17th century and will denounce anything President Obama request. The KKK Klan party needs to grow up.

  18. Andy NYC

    LaPierre is a complete and utter wack job!!

    February 14, 2013 10:37 am at 10:37 am |
  19. Dave

    After reading this, does anybody wonder why we need NEW gun control laws.

    February 14, 2013 10:39 am at 10:39 am |
  20. skarphace

    They took rrr guns!

    Wait .. they didn't take our guns?

    Well, they took rrr freedom!

    Wait .. they didn't take our freedom?

    Well, they took something, and it is bad, very bad. Stand up and fight!!

  21. Berticode

    Hurricanes and tornadoes vs la Pierre's

    February 14, 2013 10:40 am at 10:40 am |
  22. Matt

    WOW...What a nut!

    February 14, 2013 10:41 am at 10:41 am |
  23. dee

    These NRA people remind me of Tea Party members- so sure of the quicksand they're standing on and screaming loudly at everyone else who is smiling as they sink!

  24. mec

    I have to agree with some of the things he said. I'm not opposed to universal background checks, but only if they don't lead to, "See!??! Background checks aren't enough so we need to ban and take weapons to save that one child!" I was always confused by the NRA's stance on background checks, but frankly it's been making more and more sense when you think long term instead of just immediate fix term.

  25. HenryB

    This man and the paranoia he stirs up is a testament to the evil that these very same people, in the "cloth of Christianity" so decry. This man is pure evil. Keep talking about liberals and tyranny and all you do is play into the fear and anger that so called Conservatives see as a virtue.
