Tag: Wayne LaPierre

We’ve Found One Of The Causes Of Gun Violence, And It Isn’t Video Games… It’s Wayne LaPierre’s Mouth

Filed in National by on February 26, 2013 1 Comment

Wayne LaPierre knows his audience. (via Denver Post)

Denver police have arrested a Colorado Springs man for sending racially and sexually offensive e-mails to state Rep. Rhonda Fields, including one that said he hoped she would meet the same fate as a congresswoman who was shot in the head.

Franklin Glenn Sain, 42, was arrested Friday on suspicion of harassing Fields, D-Aurora, and unlawfully attempting to influence a public official.

Sain told police he was “just voicing some frustrations” about the Aurora legislator’s efforts to tighten state gun laws.

Just voicing some frustrations? Let’s look at how he allegedly did that.

Sain admitted sending Fields e-mails laced with profanity and racial and sexual epithets and leaving her similar voicemails. Denver police also believe he sent an unsigned, threatening letter to Fields that said: “I keep my 30 Round Magazines There Will Be Blood! I’m Coming For You!,” according to an affidavit supporting his arrest.

The letter also mentioned Fields’ daughter and said: “Death to Both.”

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Wayne LaPierre Doubles Down On His Paranoid Fantasies

Filed in National by on February 14, 2013 36 Comments

If you ever wondered what drove Adam Lanza’s mother to build a personal arsenal this might be the answer.

Following President Obama’s call for a vote on proposed gun safety legislation in his State of the Union speech, Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, on Wednesday issued a call-to-action for gun owners to prepare for post-apocolyptic-style scenarios and rally against the gun control movement.

In an op-ed published by the Daily Caller, LaPierre outlined a three-step plan of action to preserve gun rights against an administration that he argues poses a serious threat to the Second Amendment.

Go read LaPierre’s manifesto and then explain to me how this man is in charge of anything. Here are some choice bits:

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