Wayne LaPierre Quotes

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.

This isn't about deer hunting. The Second Amendment is about our right to keep and bear arms to defend ourselves.

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

You have a right to possess in your home and in your business a rifle, a pistol, and King George can't take it away from you, or Uncle Sam either.

No one should take away people's rights. But with respect to 'the right to arm ourselves,' we have lost sight of our own history.

The right to keep and bear arms is a right that Kansans hold dear. The people of Kansas have repeatedly and overwhelmingly reaffirmed their commitment to protecting this fundamental right.

In the same way we all have a right to bear arms, we all have a right to live.

I am a strong supporter and proponent of the Second Amendment. Always have been.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere. But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family - whether it's from an intruder or whether it's from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.

In my view, the right to bear arms is in the Constitution for three main reasons: self-protection, community protection, and protection from tyrrany.

In the Second Amendment, it's not about hunting, it's not about target shooting, it's about protecting your home and your family and your life.

I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family -- whether it's from an intruder, or whether it's from a government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.

The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.

I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

According to the State of Florida, the person with the gun has the right to defend him or herself.

The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.

I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

The Second Amendment does protect the right to people to possess weapons for self-defense in the home. That's what the Supreme Court said.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.

An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

This Constitution shall never be construed ... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.