NRA's LaPierre Slams 'Phony' Anti-Gun Propaganda

NewsMax.com ^ | 10/09/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

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National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre told a New York audience over the weekend that bogus research touted by the Clinton administration was responsible for much of the anti-gun propaganda that continues to swirl throughout the media today.

"Remember the claims they were putting out only five years ago," he reminded a gathering sponsored by the Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Inc. (SAFE).

The NRA chief explained, "The phony study that came out of Emory University by Michael Bellesiles, who wrote the book claiming that citizens back in 1812 and at the founding of our country didn't own firearms, didn't like them and didn't want to hunt."

"It was all a fraud," he said, explaining that Bellesiles has was totally discredited when historians determined that he had fabricated much of his research.

LaPierre cited other phony studies; one claiming that gun owner are 43 times more likely to be shot than those who don't own guns, another stating that 13 children a day die by gun violence.

Instead, the NRA chief reported, "We have firearms accidents down to the lowest level ever in U.S. history."

LaPierre cited one incident where President Clinton personally tried to scare Americans about guns, demonstrating an almost comical naivete in the process.

After one particularly gruesome crack house shooting, LaPierre recalled that Clinton "had the gall to go on national TV and say, 'Gosh, if only crack dealers had safety locks on their guns . . .'"

The NRA chief praised the Bush administration for "getting solidly behind the Second Amendment," noting, "that helps when we get into court cases."

But he lamented that outside of the U.S, "free people all around the world are being disarmed."

LaPierre detailed what has happened under Great Britain's new gun control regime.

"They had a proud tradition of firearms ownership going back for centuries," he noted, before explaining how British leaders first pushed for gun registration, then passed laws mandating that gun owners turn in their firearms.

"The Home Secretary said that they'd eliminated all firearms from the streets of Great Britain," LaPierre recalled.

He then displayed a recent edition of a British tabloid. The headline: "Police Fight 50 Percent Leap in Gun Crime."

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[joesnuffy]

My pop's own dad was killed when he was only 5 yrs old -back in 1922.
My dad and his two brothers ,who were only a few yrs older, kept the family in rabbits and squirrels with their 22s..

[Joe Brower]

[Constitution Day]

BUMP.

[556x45]

"The NRA chief praised the Bush administration for "getting solidly behind the Second Amendment," noting, "that helps when we get into court cases." "

Thats a stretch. GW has made it known he's no better than clinton (and his minions) in regard to 'AW's. Our only defense is to make sure Congress doesn't allow an AW bill to make its way to the WH. The 2nd isnt about hunting.

[Gorjus]

My pop's own dad was killed when he was only 5 yrs old

Gee, he must have gotten an early start. Three kids by age 5. How old was your grandmother at the time?

Sorry, I couldn't resist. I know it's not something to joke about, but I was reading along and the 'he' who died at age 5 seemed to refer to the subject of the sentence - your 'pop's own dad,' not your father. Ain't English a fun language?

[zeugma]

My pop's own dad was killed when he was only 5 yrs old -back in 1922. My dad and his two brothers ,who were only a few yrs older, kept the family in rabbits and squirrels with their 22s..

Your grandfather sired your dad when he was only 5? Wow!

;-)

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

LaPierre recalled that Clinton "had the gall to go on national TV and say, 'Gosh, if only crack dealers had safety locks on their guns . . .'

Bill Clinton is such a Constitution burner. I am so glad that Al Gore is not the current President.

[Travis McGee]

Wait until the AWB sunsets- or not. Then we'll know where GWB stands on the 2nd Amd.

[Taipei Personality]

The NRA chief praised the Bush administration for "getting solidly behind the Second Amendment," noting, "that helps when we get into court cases."

Hence President Bush's strong stance against renewing the unconstitutional assault weapons ban . . . oh, wait, never mind.

[556x45]

So, why would we have to wait? He's stated publically what his intent is...to sign the renewal of an AW bill. If he's messing about w/ word games then he's little better than clinton.

[556x45]

Exactly! Stupid pronoucements like this by the NRA greatly erode what little credibility it has left.

[from occupied ga]

Exactly! Stupid pronoucements like this by the NRA greatly erode what little credibility it has left

The NRA has credibility? Although they claim to be a pro-gun organization, the evidence show that they're a pro surrender organization. Give lip service to freedom, and then support unconstitutional laws such as their heavily touted "project exile" crap.

Here in Ga the NRA pledged its support to the anti-gunners on a trigger lock bill if the anti-gunners would give a token pat on the back to the NRA by allowing their irrelevant "Eddie Eagle" progam in the schools "If the school administrations wanted it." Well they can already get it "if the school administrations want it" Fortunately this crap died a couple of years ago when the real pro-gunners found out about it.

The spiritual descendents of Neville Chamberlain on this forum will probably flame me for daring to criticise their sell-out organization, but so what? They've done it before, torturing "logic" and distorting reality to try and somehow prove that the NRA is pro-gun. It just ain't so. Appeasers always lose.