If [the shooting of Gabby Giffords in] Tucson tells us anything at all, it tells us this: Government has failed.
Wayne LaPierreWe need to have every single school in America immediately deploy a protection program proven to work โand by that I mean armed security.
Wayne LaPierreHow many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame โ from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave โ while provoking others to try to make their mark? A dozen more killers? A hundred? More? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?
Wayne LaPierreHere's a summary for the time or attention challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for a living.
Wayne LaPierreFolks, Brian Williams isn't the exception. He's exactly what they've taught us to expect from them all. It's not journalism any more - it's entertainment, it's celebrity, it's agendas and it's money. All too often, a lie is now an acceptable way of communicating. To the media, a lie has as much value as the truth.
Wayne LaPierre