PRESS
RELEASE
from National Rifle
Association's Political Victory Fund
October 4, 2012
NRA-PVF Endorses Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan
for President and Vice President
Fairfax,
VA. - The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund today
announced its endorsement of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for President
and Vice President. NRA’s Executive Vice President, Wayne LaPierre, and
NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) Chairman, Chris W. Cox, made the
announcement in Fishersville, Virginia, during a rally with both Gov.
Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan in attendance. Also, attending and
performing at the press conference was country music superstar and NRA
Life Member Trace Adkins.
“Virginia is ground zero – the front
line of this election. This is where the race could be won or lost.
This is where the difference can be made. This is where gun owners must
make that difference.” said LaPierre.
“Today, we live in an
America that is getting harder to recognize every day led by a
President who mocks our values, belittles our faith, and is threatened
by our freedom.” said Cox. “So on behalf of the four million men and
women of the National Rifle Association, representing tens of millions
of NRA supporters, it is my honor to announce the NRA’s endorsement of
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for President and Vice President of the
United States.”
The actions of President Barack Obama have
harmed the Second Amendment for generations to come. He has appointed
two anti-gun nominees to the Supreme Court – one of whom has already
signed an opinion saying that law-abiding Americans do not have an
individual right to own firearms. Obama’s administration worked on a
United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that would undermine our Second
Amendment rights, and he has helped cover-up the deadly Operation Fast
and Furious scandal, arming Mexican drug cartels that continue to kill
countless innocent American and Mexican citizens. He has also said that
the ability of lawful citizens to carry a firearm for personal
protection should be banned nationwide. As a state legislator, he
opposed a law to protect people who use guns in their own homes for
self-defense; endorsed a total ban on the manufacturing, sale and
possession of all handguns; and supported a 500 percent increase in
federal taxes on guns and ammunition. Unaccountable to the voters,
America’s 100 million gun owners justifiably fear that a second Obama
term would bring an all-out assault on the Second Amendment.
But
there’s a clear choice this November. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will
protect our Right to Keep and Bear Arms by appointing Supreme Court
justices who will uphold the rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller
and McDonald v. City of Chicago – two landmark cases which held that
the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental, individual Right to Keep
and Bear Arms for all law-abiding Americans. Romney and Ryan have also
stated their opposition to efforts by the United Nations to implement a
global gun-control bureaucracy.
“In this election, there is no
debate. There is only one choice – only one hope – to save our firearms
freedom and our way of life,” LaPierre continued. “Get to the polls on
election day and make the difference in this campaign. Help take back
our country and protect our freedom. On November 6, vote freedom first
– Vote Romney-Ryan!”
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the Second Amendment and advocates enforcement of existing laws against
violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's
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October 4, 2012
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MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES
ENDORSEMENT OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION
Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today announced the endorsement of the
National Rifle Association.
“As
the Supreme Court has recently reaffirmed, the Second Amendment
protects a basic and fundamental individual right—the right to bear
arms,” said Mitt Romney. “And it is the NRA that protects the Second
Amendment. I am proud to have their support for my candidacy, and when
I am president, I will do all in my power to defend and protect the
right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms.”
“As
a lifelong hunter, I am a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights,”
said Paul Ryan. “The Second Amendment is essential to the functioning
of a free society. Not only do millions of Americans own firearms, but
recreational hunting and shooting adds billions to our economy every
year and supports thousands of jobs. The NRA is committed to protecting
our Second Amendment rights. Mitt Romney and I will have that same
commitment when we are in the White House.”
“Since
1871, the NRA has protected the right of men and women across our
country to keep and bear arms,” said Chairman of the NRA Political
Victory Fund Chris Cox. “This right is enshrined in our Constitution
through the Second Amendment. It's the right that makes all of our
other constitutional rights possible. Americans deserve to have a
friend of our Second Amendment freedoms and hunting heritage in the
White House. That's why we are proud to endorse Mitt Romney and Paul
Ryan for President and Vice President of the United States. Mitt and
Paul will defend all of our constitutional freedoms from those who
would seek to limit or deny them. We encourage every freedom-loving
American to vote for the Romney-Ryan ticket on November 6.”
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