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NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Rocks CPAC: ‘You Keep Your Advice, We’ll Keep Our Guns’

Mar. 15, 2013 11:36am Jason Howerton

National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Welcomed to the stage with a lengthy period of applause, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre took the stage at CPAC Friday and heralded the Second Amendment as the means through which Americans will remain free and independent.

“As you can imagine, I don’t get invited to many parties in this town,” LaPierre began. “But that’s OK…I didn’t come here to be popular. I came here to stand for what I believe is true.”

He rallied the supportive crowd, saying the NRA’s nearly 5 million members and America’s nearly 100 million gun owners will not back down in the fight over gun control. “I promise you that,” LaPierre said.

The Second Amendment, he explained, does not include meaningless “words on parchment.” Nor is it some “frivolous suggestion from our Founding Fathers to be interpreted by whim.”

“Our Founding Fathers knew that without the Second Amendment and that freedom, all of our freedoms could be in jeopardy… If you aren’t free to protect yourself when government puts its thumb on that freedom, then you aren’t free at all,” he proclaimed.

A fiery LaPierre accused anti-gun elitists of demonizing gun rights activists and trying to tell everyone else what’s really best for America, including how people should defend themselves.

National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD – MARCH 15: Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association. Credit: Getty Images

LaPierre pointed to the NRA’s gun safety programs and argued that gun accidents have been brought to an “all-time low.” He said the gun rights organization regularly teaches people how to use, store and handle firearms properly.

He went on to relentlessly mock the Department of Homeland Security for suggesting that people use scissors to defend themselves against an active shooter.

“Scissors? That’s their answer?” LaPierre asked. “Let’s get this straight. To protect our children in school, we recommend a trained professional with a gun, they recommend scissors. And they say we’re crazy?”

Referring to universal background checks, the NRA executive vice president said the federal government would only end up compiling names of “good decent people” across America who happen to own a firearm, entering them into a federal database of all law-abiding gun owners.

“It won’t make anybody safer anywhere,” he argued.

LaPierre also slammed Vice President Joe Biden’s infamous gun advice, in which he suggested women take a “double-barrel” 12-gauge shotgun and just “fire two blasts” in the air outside if they are confronted by a home intruder.

“Gosh,” he said to laughter. “No doubt the violent predators would love to face a woman armed with a shotgun that is empty.”

He followed up with a line that elicited thunderous applause: “You keep your advice, we’ll keep our guns.”

LaPierre then set his sights on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, ridiculing the school’s bizarre list of self-defense tips for women confronted by a rapist. Some of the advice included urinating and vomiting.

He did, however, offer some alternative advice: “The one thing a violent rapist deserves to face is a good woman with a gun.”

The best approach to dealing with gun violence, LaPierre explained, is to enforce the federal gun laws already on the books and help the mentally ill get treatment.

“And for God’s sake, leave the rest of us alone,” he said to applause.

He went on: “Don’t be swayed by the wakes of political insanity. And no matter what the elitists who scorn you say, let them be damned. Fill your heart with pride. Clear your eyes with conviction…Now and for the rest of your life always stand and always fight for our great American freedoms.”

Watch LaPierre’s entire CPAC speech below:

Featured image via Getty. This story has been updated.

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Free_Thinker
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:32pm
This is why I just upgraded my membership and bought a couple of friends their own.

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- Prof. Porkchop
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:31pm
  Wish I had friends like you. I’m a full time student with a part time internship. I cant even afford to buy the ammo that I cant find! :(
  
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- XPat
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:24pm
  Me too.
  
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- Daddy Hawg
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 8:52pm
  Cheaper Than Dirt is offering $300 life memberships until 4/16, here is the link:
  
  http://cheaperthandirt.com/blog/?p=40160
  
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- GB__The Holy Warmonger
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:43am
  It’s nice to see the NRA is not the wimpy compromising organization it used to be. They sound like what GOA has always been. Hopefully it’s not just bluster; I might actually consider joining.
  
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- the_count
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:59am
  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ! Molon labe (mo-lone lah-veh) Two little words. With these two words, two concepts were verbalized that have lived for nearly two and a half Millennia. They signify and characterize both the heart of the Warrior, and the indomitable spirit of mankind. From the ancient Greek, they are the reply of the Spartan General-King Leonidas to Xerxes, the Persian Emperor who came with 600,000 of the fiercest fighting troops in the world to conquer and invade little Greece, then the center and birthplace of civilization as we know it. When Xerxes offered to spare the lives of Leonidas, his 300 personal bodyguards and a handful of Thebans and others who volunteered to defend their country, if they would lay down their arms, Leonidas shouted these two words back. Molon Labe! (mo-lone lah-veh) They mean, “Come and get them!” They live on today as the most notable quote in military history. And so began the classic example of courage and valor in its dismissal of overwhelming superiority of numbers, wherein the heart and spirit of brave men overcame insuperable odds. Today, there lies a plaque dedicated to these heroes all at the site. It reads: “Go tell the Spartans, travelers passing by, that here, obedient to their laws we lie.” We have adopted this defiant utterance as a battle cry in our war against oppression because it says so clearly and simply towards those who would take our arms. It signifies our determination to not strike the first blow, but also to n
  
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- scarterus
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:50pm
  It just came to me, I know how to solve this 2nd amendment debate once and for all.
  We as ordinary citizens gather up every mentally ill person we can find, have them gather up all their guns plus all their ammo and drop them all off at the white house and congressional office buildings and see what happens. Maybe we could get a few criminals willing to go also.
  
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MarvinMr
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:20pm
IF Obama signs the UN Small Arms Treaty (and yes, he can sign it as an Executive-Agreement, he does NOT need congress to concur — it’s constitutional and legal), it would essentially nullify the 2nd amendment by International Law. What happens when a irresistible force meets an immovable object? I’m afraid we might find out.

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- ChillyinAlaska
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:32pm
  The president and congress are not authorized to violate the constitution, cede our sovereignty or rights away. Any action to do so is unconstitutional and probably treason.
  
  The constitution is clear, it takes an amendment to change it, not legislation or treaties.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:34pm
  False.
  
  Treaties do not override the Constitution. I urge you to actually read the Constitution and what it says about treaties.
  
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- PASSIONFORCHRIST
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:46pm
  For:
  
  MarvinMr
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:20pm
  
  IF Obama signs the UN Small Arms Treaty (and yes, he can sign it as an Executive-Agreement, he does NOT need congress to concur — it’s constitutional and legal), it would essentially nullify the 2nd amendment by International Law. What happens when a irresistible force meets an immovable object? I’m afraid we might find out.
  
  You better go back to school and relearn the CONSTITUTION, because you obviously learned this in public school!!!!!!!
  
  IT IS TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- OnwardThroughTheFog
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:46pm
  Our County Sheriff, Terry Maketa standing against Tyranny! AWESOME!
  
  http://www.gazette.com/articles/maketa-152285-gun-angry.html
  
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- SGT Rock
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Our Constitution is “NOT” subject to foreign treaties or policies.
  
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- SecondAmend
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Title 42, Sections 1983, 1985, and 1986 and Title 18, Sections 241 and 242 of the United States Code makes it a criminal act to attempt to deprive any citizen of the United States of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution under colour of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage (commonly referred to as under colour of authority) therefore Obama, Feinstein, law enforcement officers, judges and anyone else who supports them in subverting the rights granted in the Second Amendment are subject to, and should be, criminally prosecuted.
  
  UN has no jurisdiction over the US Constitution, you really need to read up on foreign agreements…
  
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- jwpowers41
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:00pm
  Hr 11654
  
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- Leerm
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:05pm
  The treaty would stil have ot be raified by atleast 34 states. The President does not he authority to enter into a treaty with the states.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:08pm
  The head paranoid freak is address a convention of them as they ignore the every growing mountain of tiny caskets.
  
  Cruz proves they he slept through law school as he ignores the law and constitution and spews lies to collect donations from his base.
- RANGER1965
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:38pm
  Technically all of you Constitutionalists are correct. A treaty, nor legislation, nor executive power can override the Constitution.
  
  But let’s be honest with ourselves. Except for the citizens of the United States, the Constitution doesn’t have it’s own poliice force which can jump into action anytime a lawmaker does somthing unconstitutional. Unless the public rises up, or years down the road it’s challenged in the Supreme Court, lawmakers do unconstitutional things all the time.
  
  So let’s say Obama did do somthing with executive power, or some treaty that attacked a Constitutional principle…what really happens?
  
  Some righteous lawmakers go after him in Federal Court, and after a zillion appeals and delays it arrives at the Supreme Court right about the time Obama is leaving office.
  
  Does the US citizenry rise up in rage? Nope.
  
  Does the Press/Media attack Obama? Hell no, they’re on board.
  
  So traitor he may be, usurper he may be, but it’s all meaningless unless their is force behind it. And based on the last election…those that would call on Obama’s evil, are significantly outnumbered.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:43pm
  But it doesn’t mean anyone will comply.
  
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- Excomunicatedmarine
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:09pm
  Signing such will bring treason charges or chaos. Take your pick.
  
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- brother_ed
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:50pm
  I’m pretty sure Saddam didn’t agree with any of the UN resolutions passed against his country, and look what snubbing his nose at them did for him.
  
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- firearm
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:45pm
  ENCINOM, why isn’t there tiny caskets for all the tortured and mutilated unborn babies?
  
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- TRILO
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:18pm
  The Tyrant in Chief can sign all he wants.
  
  Article II, Sec 2 – He shall have Power, by and with the Advise and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.
  
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- CloudNine
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:26am
  Holy Crap…Encinom is back! What an idiot! Commenting on a forum for intelligent beings. You are an imbecile, totally incoherent and without intellect. My God, please go away. You offer nothing to a conversation. You might as well talk to your own turds!
  
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- rgs48
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:11pm
  Doom and gloom. Would make the civil war look like a picnic. Let’s hope the government/Obama is stopped before that happens.
  
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- TurboCat
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:58am
  We can nullify it right back at him.
  
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- sjackson-indiana
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:08pm
  Many in the country will fight back…including ME!
  
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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:12pm
Rick Santorum’s nephew died yesterday – he entirely rewrote his CPAC speech …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhdL5_P_7ZQ&list=PLmqnjF1D2hhaZ0r5hw-0beF9R7oaB9lOt&index=33

Must watch.

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- john vincent
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:55pm
  -bacon
  yes, saw it- whether you like Santorum personally, or despise him professionally, its hard to argue with his passion for America and its demise-
  
  I would challenge anybody to find fault with his message-
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:12pm
  Santorun is a con artist and a hustler
  currently supporting himself off his CPAC donations
  just like Dick Armey did.
  
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team1blazer
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:08pm
One single, simple solution…..OPEN CARRY.

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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:35pm
  Ab-so-lutely.
  
  Which is why I open carry, every day. Ohio is a traditional open carry state, no permits or licenses needed, just strap it on and be on your way. Cops are quite nice to us here in the central part of the state, haven’t had anything but head nods, a couple of waves from them.
  
  If you can pack, pack. If you can do so with OC, so much the better.
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:08pm
  Agreed! Va is the same. I open carry everyday. It’s good for people to see normal, sane, law abiding citizens with a gun on their hip. I’m in central Va and have never had a problem, rather have received encouragement. http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/
  
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- termyt
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 9:09pm
  I’m a Buckeye, too, Ghost. I’ve been considering Open Carry, just afraid of the hassle. While they would not be able to cite me for carrying, there’s always something we are doing that’s illegal. We have too many laws to ever be truly law-abiding.
  
  But you give me courage. What do I really have to lose that is greater than my liberty?
  
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elosogrande
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:08pm
When you learn that Obama’s civilian national security force, a.k.a. The Department of Homeland Security, has purchased 7000 full automatic assault rifles, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition, and hhave retrofitted 2000 armored vehicles, you will think twice about giving up any rights.

The Second Amendment was written to give us the means to protect ourselves and our country from a “Civilian National Security Force”, which he said should be just as powerful as our military!

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- DontTellMeAboutCajun
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:31pm
  Don’t worry. This ordnance grab by the govt sounds intimidating, but they still don’t stand a chance against a country of armed citizens. Consider the odds of govt. agents willing to wage war against Americans vs the armed populace. Odds are heavily in our favor :) This grab is what it is; pure propaganda…meant to scare people into compliance. Doesn’t fool me!
  
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GTO67MN
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:07pm
Way to go Wayne…. Be strong and relentless thank you for all you are doing

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Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:49pm
Wayne speaks the truth! 5 generations of my family has served this country in defense of the Constitution. We can’t allow the domestic enemies of freedom and liberty to take away our right to defend ourselves from the growing tyrannical government.

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- pauli101
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:04pm
  Diane Feinstein. Chuck Shumer. Mayor Bloomberg. Steve Israel. Mark Potok.
  
  Traitorous Jewish commissars lead the control campaign.
  
  http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2013/01/jews-and-jewish-organizations-lead-the-gun-control-campaign/
  
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scdave
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:49pm
This was Wayne’s ” Cold dead hands ” moment. I’m glad to see someone finally get the ba!!s to say what needs to be said.

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Grace1798
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:48pm
The Libs are crazy. That’s a given.

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kettererbg
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:46pm
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Gentlemen, we must hang together or surely we will hang separate.”

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- sjackson-indiana
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:10pm
  We will hang together…give me liberty or give me death!
  
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mikem1969
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:38pm
Keep it up Wayne. I am keeping my guns no matter what. They will only leave my cold dead hands. then they go to whichever of my kids is the most responsible.

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83plus
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:35pm
Way to go Wayne.

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- M13
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:27pm
  Can someone please explain to me why the NRA gave five thousand dollars to Harry Reid’s senate campaign in 2010 and why Joe Manchin gets an A rating but is on board with universal background checks which is a nice phrase for registration.
  
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mrunner
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:30pm
Spoken like a true patriot. It is up to us to keep freedom alive.

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pap pap
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:26pm
Great job Wayne. The elite mostly have armed body guards so they can’t understand what this is all about. Fienstien has some guns also.

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valettie
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:17pm
Psalm 7:11 (KJV)
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:16pm
Atta Boy, Wayne, Thanks!

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:11pm
While Wayne’s comments on Biden’s shotgun advice were good, why aren’t we bluntly pointing out the obvious?

The Vice President of the United States, TWICE in a week’s span, advised American citizens to BREAK THE LAW.

In the first instance, Biden told millions of Americans to fire warning shots into the sky to keep attackers away. It is a fact that–where most people live in this country–it is ILLEGAL to fire warning shots from your home. You would likely be fined, arrested and jailed doing it. Anyone with an understanding of deadly force laws knows that–generally–you shoot ONLY to stop a threat. You don’t shoot to warn, you don’t shoot to scare, you don’t shoot to kill, you don’t shoot to wound–you shoot to stop an imminent threat to life or limb–period!

In the second instance, Biden advises millions of Americans to shoot through an exterior door of their homes to keep someone away. The first instance (above) was just plain ignorance. This advice is incredibly dangerous and stupid. Shooting through a door at an unidentified target outside your home will not only get you arrested (in the vast majority of instances), but it could lead to a life sentence in prison. Even worse, it could also mean the manslaughter of someone you know or love.

Biden is insane. I pray nobody listens to this fool.

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- missdagnytaggart
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:19pm
  Is it a garden variety shot through the door?
  
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- kettererbg
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:43pm
  Biden is a garden variety moron.
  
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- Godsgopher
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:58pm
  I know many people have ridiculed the VP for his advice to his wife about protecting herself with a gun but I was stuck by something upon hearing this for the first time. Doesn’t this man have Secret Service Protection, not only him but his wife also? So why would he need to give his wife advice regarding defending herself with a gun?
  
  No, most likely this was a story made up by him on the spot. Which would go a long way to explain why its such exceptional ill considered advice.
  
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- theglockguy007
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:11pm
  Did we want us to use 00 or 000 buck, or slugs on that “thru the door shot” ???
  
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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:11pm
  Godsgopher– No, Jill Biden needs no protection other than from Joe and his now-famous occassional garden-variety face slaps he doles out when she displeases him!!
  
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RaydocX
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:09pm
well spoken without the teleprompter and without trying to pretend his experience trumps ours and warrants an attack on the Constitution or capitulation to satisfy the emotional immaturity of those in Washington DC and state legislatures who mistakenly believe addressing the tools will eliminate the problem.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:57am
I’ve got BSNBC on right now but muted while listening to Glenn, and soon Rush. But, will turn the TV up when they start in on LaPierre. I expect to see heads exploding soon. Bet Martin Bashir will have an aneurysm on air! Not going to watch that channel that long, but will have to tune back in when Marty’s show starts.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:07pm
  Odd, for the moment BSNBC’s Alex Wagner and her sycophant panel has zeroed in briefly others who spoke at CPAC, or CPAC-YDERM as they are calling it. Then are having a regular old fashioned hootnanny over Rob Portman.
  
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- PA_Iraq_Vet
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:36pm
  One can only hope Bashir vapor locks and falls over on the air. Now that would be worth watching MSLSD.
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:51am
EVERY American gun owner represents ME. I dare say 420 some Congressmen and women who never appeared on my ballot have much less to say about me and my neighbors.
98 Senators who never appeared on MY ballot have little to nothing to say about what goes on in my State. None have a say what goes on in my home, in it’s defense.

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- JRGJR
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:03pm
  I couldn’t have said it any better. My home is my home, period!
  Obammer and his idiot friends need to worry about the big city gun violence and go the opposite direction. Give everyone a gun and weed out the crazies that think they can take what they want.
  
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Strajulius
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:46am
Amen!

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jakartaman
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:45am
You give a liberal and inch and they will take a mile.
They are smarter than our founders
Stand up and stand tall – Be prepared its coming and faster than you think – think Europe.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:44am
LaPierre is doing a good job. He and some senators will be read about in history books because they will have been among the few who stood and threw back obama’s bid to destroy our 2nd amendment.

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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:39am
LaPierre was AWESOME! Good stuff.

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RightUnite
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:39am
Well done!

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