Where We Stand
What We Believe


“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
                                      
Amendment II
The Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution

The NRA, the foremost guardian of the traditional American right to “keep and bear arms,” believes every law-abiding citizen is entitled to the ownership and legal use of firearms, and that every reputable gun owner should be an NRA member.

Wayne R. LaPierre
Executive Vice President
National Rifle Association




One of the prize possessions of manhood since our forefathers first settled America always has been the gun.  This attitude toward firearms has become a historic tradition in the United States.  It represents a priceless freedom won by our forefathers which few other nations enjoy.  So strong was their conviction about the right of reputable citizens to own and use firearms for lawful purposes that they amended our original Constitution to provide that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”  That right is a foundation stone of American liberty.  We owe it to our ancestors to preserve unimpaired that right which they have delivered to our care.  We owe it to future generations that their inheritance not be destroyed.  Let’s act now to make certain that Americans always will have the freedoms, the values, and the pleasures signified by a man and his gun.

American Rifleman
National Rifle Association

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."                     Edmond Burke 

“The doorway to freedom is framed with muskets.”
Charlton Heston

"America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

Abraham Lincoln

"To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them."

George Mason

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