NRA Head Lashes Out At Gun Control Advocates, "They Hate Individual Freedom"

[appalachiablue]

Source: The Guardian

Wayne LaPierre, head of the NRA, broke his silence this week after the Florida shooting with an unrepentant defence of gun rights and an aggressive attack on political elites who "hate individual freedom."

LaPierre used his address to the conservative conference CPAC to hit out at anti-gun campaigners, who, led by young survivors of the shooting, have attempted to make political headway in the last week.

"They fantasise about more laws stopping what other laws have failed to stop," the National Rifle Association executive vice-president said. "So many existing laws were ignored."

He added: "They don't care if their laws work or not. They just want to get more laws to get more control over people. But the NRA, the NRA does care."

LaPierre also hit out at the "breathless media" which he said was "eager to smear the NRA in the midst of genuine grief."

Elites want to "eliminate our firearms freedoms and eradicate all the individual freedoms," he said. "They hate the NRA, they hate the second amendment, they hate individual freedoms."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nra-head-lashes-out-at-gun-control-advocates-they-hate-individual-freedom/ar-BBJsOAR

[Xipe Totec]

1. If his spittle gets on you, get a rabies shot. nt

[bigbrother05]

2. No, they hate individual irresponsibility and collective venality

[MaryMagdaline]

3. I love individual freedom

To live, breathe, go to school, travel, go to movies, go to concerts, sleep in my bed

[Chakaconcarne]

4. Way to present yourself after such a horrible event

Not a great way to garner support... but then perhaps wingnuts and Russians are all the support they need.

[appalachiablue]

16. *TODAY'S CPAC AGENDA, Take a Look

http://cpac.conservative.org/agenda/#cpacmain

[appalachiablue]

23. The NRA's *NATIONAL FIREARMS MUSEUM*, Fairfax, Va. For real.

http://www.nramuseum.com/museums/national-firearms-museum.aspx

[knightmaar]

5. What "other laws"

"They fantasise about more laws stopping what other laws have failed to stop"

What other laws?

[appalachiablue]

7. We. Don't. Need. No. Stinkin. Laws. Or. Regulations. In. Free. Market. Merica!!!

[TryLogic]

6. So, NRA people want the "individual freedom" to kill???

I'm sure Putin loves what the NRA does.

Russians, Republicans, NRA, and FOX propaganda channel all comrades in arms.

[appalachiablue]

11. Freedom to hold onto their guns, to 'protect' themselves from: immigrants,

crazies, black and brown people, Isis attack, civilization collapse, Armageddon, you name it. There's so much fear promoted all around esp. in the media for a couple decades now at least, intentionally to get viewers/listeners. War, crime, drama sells.

And these type of people are completely selfish, it's about ME, Mine, and not WE, Us.
Do they really care that more kids were just murdered? We're 'the law abiding gun owners' they think, so 'not me.'

Every time a major attack happens, there's a run on guns and ammo at stores immediately afterwards, for fear the evil guvment will shut down supplies with some new law. Absolute hysteria about the need to be armed, always, which is aided and abetted by the extreme right for whom weapons sales and fear are highly profitable.

Fox TV, and 1,500 Hate Radio Stations all controlled by conservative corporations now, with 300 Radio Talkers propagandizing issues 24/7. A real mess, sorry to say, but things have to and will change!

[BigmanPigman]

8. I saw the first 15 min this morning

and he hit every single GOP talking point...it was AMAZING! And the GOP snuck him into the C-PAC agenda. I googled the agenda after hearing on MSNBC that after the FL shooting Wayne wouldn't appear as he normally does.

[underpants]

10. Yeah. They took him off the agenda about the same time they dropped D'Souza

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210266607

[appalachiablue]

13. Old Wayne laying low and creeping into CPAC from fear, Ha! I didn't see

his performance, but am sure he was worked up, has to be to earn his bread.

Great video & song, never saw it before, thanks.

[BigmanPigman]

14. Be grateful you didn't see it.

I wanted to trash my TV I was so angry.

"Wayne LaPiere is giving his NRA speech at C-PAC
Teachers should call the NRA and they will assist them for free, Dems are the bad guys and they think they are smarter and better than us an, We are saving them with our guns, free market capitalism is great, Obama made us less safe, 2nd amend, FBI is corrupt and bad.....

Same old NRA crap."

[appalachiablue]

17. All the horrible lies, and trying to recruit teachers now- that means mega

more $$$ from gun sales to schools= opportunity!

[Freethinker65]

9. Crooked corrupt NRA.

[hvn_nbr_2]

12. Me to NRA head: "You hate children." nt

[rockfordfile]

15. The NRA hates freedom.

[MountCleaners]

18. Hypocrite

He also says that the right to keep and bear arms comes from God, not the Constitution. Theocratic viewpoints are anti-religious freedom.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. "Murder. It's just going to happen. Get over it."--the new NRA slogan.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. This sounds like the same argument the anti-vaccination crowd uses.

"To hell with the rest of society, I'm an individual and I can do what I want!"

I have heard it said, "Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins." (attributed to a variety of people)

In the current situation, I think this can be interpreted as, "Your right to own an assault weapon ends where my life begins."

[appalachiablue]

21. Yes, it is about people's right To Live!

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

22. YOUR RIGHTS END where mine begin - thout that was pretty well established by now. Laws not working

so lets just give up?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. source says The Guardian, link is to msn

[appalachiablue]

25. This Guardian article was on the "MSN News Homepage" where I copied it

so that's why 'msn' is in the link.

[guillaumeb]

26. Including the individual freedom to kill large numbers, apparently.

And the freedom of the NRA to channel Russian money.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

27. The NRA steals my freedom to be free of fear.

It's sort of like saying they have the right to expose my kids to measles so they can be free from vaccines.

Or, corporation should be free to expose my family to pollutants so they can be free to make more profit. Or, religions should be free to push their dogma on the public whether we want it or not.

Republicans have a very warped sense of what freedom and democracy means.

Their primary gage always seems to be profitability.

.................

[appalachiablue]

29. Well said: guns, pollution, profit over people-- nope!

[MontanaMama]

28. You know what I hate more

than the NRA? Looking hard at what my child is wearing as he walks out the door to school in case I have to identify his body after yet another school shooting. This is where we are.

[appalachiablue]

31. That's so painful, disturbing and the reality until & unless this country straightens up.

Take good care, as much as you can.

[DBoon]

30. DBoon lashes out at NRA, "They hate human life"

[3catwoman3]

32. How about the individual freedom to enjoy those...

..."certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness….”

I would be very happy not to have to worry about any of my loved ones, or me, getting shot by some trigger happy asshole who thinks killing is the way to solve problems.

If someone crept up behind LaPierre and stuck a muzzle in his back, he's probably pee his pants in a nanosecond.

[Turbineguy]

33. I love the individual freedom

of a parent to get their children home from school in the afternoon.

[3Hotdogs]

34. What's more important, our right to live our lives or some gun humper's right to

jerk himself off into the barrel of his AK?

[TheSmarterDog]

35. .

http://betsyriot.com/

[tclambert]

36. Yeah! How dare you try to infringe on our right to slaughter school children?

Like Thomas Jefferson said, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of children." Or something like that.

[appalachiablue]

37. Wait a minute, this has nothing to do with "most of the people who are responsible

gun owners." They're fine people, truly fine. Mental illness is THE PROBLEM, and the severe lack of more gunz, police and we must have armed teachers now. Haven't you heard?!

Point for the TJ 'revolution' reference.

[Skittles]

38. ELITES

FUCK OFF LAPIERRE, the REPUBLICAN PARTY REPRESENTS THE ELITES