Wayne LaPierre, National Rifle Association CEO
Wayne LaPierre, National Rifle Association CEO, pressed Congress to support a plan to place armed police officers in every single school in America. He also dismissed calls for increased gun control in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre.


LaPierre pointed the finger of responsibility at violent video games, the media and the absence of armed guards at schools. He argued that if banks and members of Congress can have protection, schools across America should be afforded the same security.

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."
-Wayne LaPierre, National Rifle Association CEO

"It's now time for us to assume responsibly for our schools," he said. "The only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be permanently involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection."


Warning that the next mass killer could be "waiting in the wings," LaPierre urged immediate action to protect school children.

Efforts over the years to pass laws for "gun-free school zones" have only told "every insane killer in America that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk."


He said that when it comes to America's children, "we as a society leave them, every day, utterly defenseless. ... That must change now."

LaPierre called for a national school security plan, including an appropriation from Congress for armed guards in every school. He tapped former Rep. Asa Hutchison, R-Ark., to lead the effort to develop the security plans, which would cover everything from building design to access control. There are nearly 100,000 public schools in America.

LaPierre rejected the gun control discussion as the notion that one more ban "will protect us where 20,000 other laws have failed."