Watch: How the NRA helped foment the January 6 insurrection

 

President Trump and some members of Congress aren’t the only voices that must be held accountable for the January 6 insurrection.

The NRA is just as complicit. They bought off lawmakers. They donated to the January 6 event that turned violent, and they’ve repeatedly encouraged their supporters to be part of an armed rebellion.

 

The NRA has been pushing insurrectionist ideas for decades. Here's how the words of Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre helped foment the events that took place in our nation's capitol on January 6th, 2021.

For decades, the NRA and its top leaders have encouraged insurrectionism, urging Americans to purchase firearms to protect their liberty and fight against a tyrannical government. In 1994, Wayne LaPierre wrote, "People have the right … to take whatever measures necessary, including force, to abolish oppressive government."

Since then, there have been countless examples of dangerous rhetoric perpetuating the myth that the Second Amendment empowers Americans to violently overthrow a democratically elected government.

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