Wayne LaPierre

Commentary: More fear-based rants around gun control

84 days ago

Expanded background checks for gun purchases are a government plot to grab guns, claimed the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre.

Commentary: Our deadly love affair with guns

90 days ago

That might exclude NRA chief Wayne LaPierre, whose declared last week that the Second Amendment was the only thing standing between decent folk, such as himself, and hurricane-inspired rioters...

NRA chief renews call for armed guards at schools

97 days ago

"George Thornton, the CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation, said his group agrees with LaPierre's positions, even though not all of the gun-control proposals would directly affect hunters.

NRA's LaPierre: Wonk with million-dollar megaphone

101 days ago

The sharpened battle lines since Newtown have made it easier for LaPierre to pitch his uncompromising message that gun owners must band together to fight liberal elites out to take their firearms.

The face of the NRA is a 'policy wonk'

102 days ago

Aquilino says he once asked LaPierre what he wanted to do eventually and was told, "To tell the truth, I'd like to run an ice cream parlor in Maine."

NRA's LaPierre: wonk with million-dollar megaphone

102 days ago

Joseph Tartaro of the pro-gun Second Amendment Foundation calls LaPierre a "police wonk" who's "more professorial than you would think.

NRA changes stance on background checks

107 days ago

But now, LaPierre says gun laws requiring background checks are ineffective at keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.

NRA likens universal checks to gun registry

108 days ago

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre tells "Fox News Sunday" that background checks for all gun purchases would lead to a universal registry of gun owners.

Mayor's group sponsors gun control Super Bowl ad

109 days ago

LaPierre recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the NRA no longer supports background checks for all gun sales.

Diehard opponents of gun control reject constructive conversation

110 days ago

Instead of listening to extremists like Mr. LaPierre, they should listen to the poignant voices of victims like former U.S. Rep.

LaPierre wrong on whether gun background checks work

111 days ago

LaPierre had repeatedly voiced the talking point that there is no need to expand the background-check system because criminals don't cooperate with background checks.

Pushing gun control a problem for red state Democrats

111 days ago

During his hard-fought 2010 re-election campaign, he was joined by the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre to open a shooting park in Nevada.

FACT CHECK: Gun-control claims miss target

111 days ago

"THE FACTS: LaPierre accurately cited statistics from a Justice Department report on 2010 cases, but there is much more to the numbers than meets the eye and perhaps less drama than he conveyed.

Gun debate begins in Congress, but both sides start out far apart

112 days ago

Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of the National Rifle Association, said that background checks don't work, nor do more gun laws.

Giffords pleads for gun curbs; NRA fights back

112 days ago

Under questioning from Leahy, LaPierre said that in a reversal his organization no longer supports universal background checks for gun purchasers as it did years ago.