Wayne LaPierre is the CEO of the NRA, the National Rifle Association. He’s the man who said the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. He’s the man who blames mental illness, video games, and movies every time there’s another mass shooting in this country. He’s the man who made the NRA the powerful lobbying organization it is today. Wayne LaPierre is a greedy, selfish creep who manipulates the public discourse on guns to keep those donation dollars flowing into the NRA.
Sources for this episode include:
- ABC News
- The Atlantic
- BBC
- Giffords Law Center
- The Guardian
- NBC News
- New York Times
- New York Times
- The New Yorker
- PBS’s Frontline and Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA
- Vanity Fair – From Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA by Tim Mak
- Wikipedia
Trigger warnings: Gun violence involving men, women, children, and elephants