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A good guy with a gun, in American gun control debate, refers to the idea that the best way to prevent a mass shooting is with high accessibility of weapons to civilians and police willing to stop an attack. The phrase originates with Wayne LaPierre in 2012, who stated that "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun."
On December 21, 2012, Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), expressed the gun-rights group's sympathy for the families of Newtown. He said, "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," and that debating legislation that won't work would be a waste of time. [9]
Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. (born November 8, 1949) is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), a position he held between 1991 and 2024.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene called for “more good guys with guns” in a tweet posted just minutes after news broke of a horrific school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday.. Her ...
The handgun and a second gun not used in the attack were found at the scene, Madison police said Wednesday. The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has traced the origins of the ...
A man, a bike and a gun: Police search for evidence to solve the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on the streets of New York. Ashley R. Williams, Gloria Pazmino, Evan Perez, Mark Morales, Brynn ...
Kashuv endorses the idea that "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"; [31] he has advocated for schools to eliminate gun-free zones, and for policies allowing teachers and school staff to be armed. [18]
"He didn’t seem like the kind of guy who would do something like this," one neighbor said of Stephen Maclean, the man fatally shot by Raynham police. 'He was a good guy': Shocked neighbors ...