Posted on 07/11/2012 2:40:13 PM PDT by neverdem
Mr. President, thank you for this brief opportunity to address this conference. I am Wayne LaPierre and for 21 years now, I have served as Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association of America.
The NRA is the largest and most active firearms rights organization in the world, with four million members who represent 100 million law-abiding Americans who own firearms.
On behalf of those 100 million American gun owners, I am here to announce NRA’s strong opposition to anti-freedom policies that disregard American citizens’ right to self-defense.
No foreign influence has jurisdiction over the freedoms our Founding Fathers guaranteed to us.
We will not stand idly by while international organizations, whether state-based or stateless, attempt to undermine the fundamental liberties that our men and women in uniform have fought so bravely to preserve – and on which our entire American system of government is based.
For six years, the NRA has closely monitored this effort for an Arms Trade Treaty.
We have watched with increasing concern and, one year ago, I delivered to the Preparatory Committee our objections to including civilian arms in the ATT. I said then … and I will repeat now … that the only way to address NRA’s objections is to simply and completely remove civilian firearms from the scope of the treaty.
That is the only solution. On that there will be no compromise. American gun owners will never surrender our Second Amendment freedom. Period.
Our Founding Fathers wrote the Second Amendment so Americans would never have to live in tyranny.
For any foreign entity to attempt to encroach on that great freedom is offensive to every American who has ever breathed our free air, or who has ever used a firearm to fend off an evil attacker – whether a criminal breaking into their home, or in defense of their family against a tyrant halfway around the world.
Our Second Amendment is freedom’s most valuable, most cherished, most irreplaceable idea. History proves it. When you ignore the right of good people to own firearms to protect their freedom, you become the enablers of future tyrants whose regimes will destroy millions and millions of defenseless lives.
Without apology, the NRA wants no part of any treaty that infringes on the precious right of lawful Americans to keep and bear arms.
Let there be no confusion. Any treaty that includes civilian firearms ownership in its scope will be met with the NRA’s greatest force of opposition.
Mr. President, there are those who believe that merely excluding civilian firearms from the ATT preamble will be sufficient.
Let me state – in the clearest possible terms – that it is not. A preamble to a treaty has no force of law. We know that, and a strong bipartisan majority of the United States Senate and House of Representatives know it as well.
Any Arms Trade Treaty must be adopted by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate, which has 100 members. Already, 58 Senators have objected to any treaty that includes civilian arms, and a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives also opposes such a treaty.
The NRA represents hundreds of millions of Americans who will never surrender our fundamental firearms freedom to international standards, agreements, or consensus.
America will always stand as a symbol of freedom and the overwhelming force of a free, armed citizenry to protect and preserve it.
On behalf of all NRA members and American gun owners, we are here to announce that we will not tolerate any attack – from any entity or organization whatsoever – on our Constitution or our fundamental, individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Thank you.
Funny thing, I can actually imagine him skipping through the Whitehut like a little kid doing just that.
He doesn’t need to fight the UN. Ignore them. Ignore anything they say or command. Their rules have no force of law here.
If ANY government- ours or theirs - tries to disarm the citizenry, we will be fools to comply.
Simply say NO to any more gun laws of any kind.
Were I to have any weapons that are deemed at some time in the future to be illegal to have in my possession, I will simply ignore any such law as it is against my GOD GIVEN rights, which also just happen to be spelled out in the U.S. constitution.
At some point REAL MEN have to say “No, I will not submit”.
Period. No begging, no pleading, no deal-making.
I will not submit.
Why is he appealing to the United Nations? Isn’t that lending credibility to this absurdity. What do they care about the 2nd Amendment. Doesn’t that only apply to citizens of the US? Why would China or Russia want to uphold our right to bear arms? Am I missing somethng here?
With a big, toothy grin plastered on his face!
Thanks for the ping!
Gezzz...
I agree...
I’d settle for the building being evacuated and sold to a developer.
The U. N. is so corrupt it soils Western nations stupid enough to play along.
Absolutely.
The man is a GD idiot.
About as bad as actually having a President in the White House whose birth place we never knew, by-passes Congess and threatens the SCOTUS to get things moved forward.
He's either an idiot or he knows the threat's much bigger than we think. Hope you're still not looking to the US Constitution.
I just sent Wayne a week’s salary.
Don't they still sell Americans stuff protected by the Second Amendment?
And with that pessimistic thought, I would like to remind you how much gun/ammo sales have sky-rocketed since Bambi took office. Yes, we're getting old, but many youths are now purchasing weapons. I saw just a few months back when I went to a shotgun training class (the only way I could practice with my 870), the place was full of late 20's and 30's. I was the oldest guy at the range.
Have faith, soldier. The UN is not coming for us, nor is Bambi's non-existent private army. They can pass whatever law they like, Obambi can sign it, but it will never get past the Senate. Even if it did, the UN, BATFE, FBI don't have the resources to comma knocking. Remember, that's why we have fought against registration for so long. The Fedgov and States have little clue who owns what.
Ever heard of State Guard, State Reserve Force, State Militia? Google: http://www.sgaus.org. Think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
The UN is the least of our worries. The socialist "gimmes" are what's going to kill this great nation within.
Thanks for your 20 something years of service - quite an accomplishment. I only did 11 in Aviation Navy. Proud of every moment on the flight deck, but had to leave due to family falling apart. Sure you know.
A lie, but most of you anti-NRA folks here aren’t interested in the truth (quick question: when was the NRA-ILA founded?)
Don’t worry, we’ll be doing the hard work for you guys.
Thanks for the ping.
There’s only one country in the crosshairs here and its initials are U.S.A.
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