Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America, a position he held between 1991 and 2024.
LaPierre in 2017
LaPierre supported regulation on bump stocks (pictured here on a WASR-10 rifle).
On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. The victims w
Wayne LaPierre
…He criticized former President Bill Clinton’s approach to gun control measures and advocated for armed officers to be placed in schools after the Sandy Hook and Stoneman Douglas school shootings. LaPierre has advocated for increased funding for mental health programs and stricter punishment for gun-related…
The Bushmaster XM15 rifle, along with three magazines, on the floor of Classroom 10. Two of them are taped together "jungle style" in the upper left corner.
A makeshift memorial on Berkshire Road in Sandy Hook
Roses featuring images of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Memorial in the woods behind Sandy Hook Elementary School