© Robert Giroux/Getty ImagesWayne LaPierre
While delivering one of the liveliest and best-received speeches at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said the president's low-key approach to gun rights during his first term was "a "conspiracy to ensure re-election by lulling gun owners to sleep."
"All that first term, lip service to gun owners is just part of a massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the Second Amendment during his second term," he said.
"We see the president's strategy crystal clear: Get re-elected and, with no more elections to worry about, get busy dismantling and destroying our firearms' freedom, erase the Second Amendment from the Bill of Rights and excise it from the U.S. Constitution."
Mr. LaPierre said the president's two Supreme Court appointees - Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - are "two of the most rabid anti-gun justices in history." He also accused Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of being a foe of gun rights.
And with the possibility of two or more Supreme Court justice positions opening during the next four years, the NRA official warned that gun ownership would be in jeopardy if Mr. Obama stays in office.
"If we get one more like those three, the Second Amendment is finished," he said. "It'll be the end of our freedom forever."
Mr. LaPierre, who said "there is no greater freedom than to own a firearm," predicted that gun owners will rally en masse to defeat Mr. Obama in November.
"All of what we know is good and right about America, all of it could be lost if Barrack Obama is re-elected," he said. "It's all or nothing."
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I thought the NRA was about defending all of our constitutional rights until a neighbor proved me wrong. There was a peaceful protest against the war in Iraq and this person rejected the right to assemble. A NRA official defended his action which can be read about here
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I never gave the NRA another dime although I certainly support the constitution, the amendments and the bill of rights.
Why would they not support the right to assemble?
election ploy? Fewer votes for Obama. More votes for the psychopath who "opposes" him? Bringing up gun rights is the same as bringing up gay marriage or abortion or birth control. All the people with only a half neuron firing get up in arms while those with 2 neurons firing look on in disbelief.... Sadly. There are way too many people with only a half neuron firing.
So you all haven't realized that the point of these current republicans is to seem retarded so Obama will get re elected? Come on now lets step back and just open our eyes slightly more. It's stupidly obvious to me, and watching people argue over trivial shit is exactly what the writers of these articles want, and what anyone who speaks negatively about any other person wants. They want to get people to argue, when there isn't shit to argue about if the truth is being told. Your constitution isn't going anywhere, and neither are your gun rights. How long have you been talking about not being able to carry guns anymore? How many years has it been now? Come on, wake up. This is our country, stop letting the news make you think it's not. It doesn't matter what acts get passed or what laws pass. Do what you have always done, and be decent to others. Nothing will change except your mind state, which they are succeeding at doing exponentially these days. Come on. Wake up.
In denial?
in the spring of 2009, there was a concerted effort by the nra to attempt to sway their members to believe the 2nd amendment would be stripped bare by newly elected/ sworn in obomber and his minions... all it did was sell more guns and ammo, of course all the while driving gun values through the roof... after that charade was shown to be what it was- a false fear warning- the guns values and associated prices fell back down to "normal" levels, and have not appreciably moved since... and concerning an amerikans "obsession" with guns, quoting Luke... I buy, sell and trade guns as a part time business, and it's been very lucrative for me... I'm also an avid shooter, and enjoy teaching and showing others the same
btw- the revolution is coming... better stock up on .223 (5.56mm) ammo and semi-autos folks