NRA Vows to Protect Second Amendment Rights, Decries ‘Evil’ Actions of ‘Criminal Monster’ in Texas

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 28, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday decried the “evil that occurred at Robb Elementary School” in Texas, while vowing to protect the constitutional right of citizens to defend themselves.

NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said at the association’s annual convention that the NRA’s members are mothers and fathers who are grieving with the nation for the young lives “ruthlessly and indiscriminately extinguished” in Uvalde by the actions of “a criminal monster.”