.NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre reaffirmed the gun lobby's commitment to defending gun rights Friday in the wake of the slaughter of 21 people in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
While extending his condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the shooting and acknowledging the"evil" that had been carried out by a gunman wielding a semi-automatic rifle, LaPierre reiterated the organization's argument that gun control is not the right answer."Restricting the fundamental human right of law-abiding Americans to defend themselves is not the answer. It never has been," he declared at the NRA's Annual Leadership Forum in Houston on Friday.
"We're here with this community and all of America in prayer," he said."These tragedies cause gut-wrenching, unimaginable pain that too many are being forced to go through right now. It's not right. It should never happen again. If we as a nation are capable of legislating evil out of the hearts and minds of criminals who commit these heinous acts, we would have done it a long time ago.
"We do not agree with President Biden on the Second Amendment, but we share common ground on this. Last week, the president said, 'I'm not naive. I know tragedy will come again. It cannot be forever overcome. It cannot be fully understood either, but there are certain things we can do.' NRA members know this to be true," LaPierre said, referencing remarks Biden gave following the recent deadly shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
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