forget emotional wayne lapierre sandy hook stand podium nra logo raise voice disgust demand put gun outside first-grade classrooms arm security guard every hallway never mind school many state resource officer local police sheriff department hand lapierre need allow pure anger come gun kid need save nra sole purpose exist make sure everyone gun possibly 4.5 million-member organization powerhouse capitol hill spend 3.6 million lobby 2015 nearly another million campaign contributions primarily republicans care one thing complete lack gun control laws regulations like see smiths battery surface air missiles side yard compliment wilsons anti-aircraft cannon stingers kid fourth july want everyone couple hundred buck able walk purchase gun question ask gun manufacturers pay want.one successful strategies build bad guy theory often hear meathead say would good gun need need gun one well turn even 300 million gun float around country use thwart crime actual act self-defense josh sugarmann executive director violence policy center release study use firearms self-defense justify shoot private citizens scathing remark lie perpetrate nra national rifle association stake entire agenda claim gun necessary self-defense gun industry propaganda basis fact gun far likely use homicide justifiable homicide private citizen fact gun far likely steal use self-defense purchase gun may help enrich firearms industry facts show unlikely increase personal safety fact nation 300 million firearms strike rarely gun use self-defense really strike study find one 32 gun deaths involve criminal result self-defense scenario someone arm threaten another person people whose toddlers kill find gun nightstand parent need feel safe intruders victims 0.1 percent crimes involve guns.basically nra full sh t. cavalry good guy gun ready stop criminals street pack train defense experts hang school libraries wait thwart next shoot people need really afraid mentally ill people felons domestic abusers often victim crime someone know shoot something kitchen pitch black surprise find teenager come home late oops.they sell fear lie isis come get burglars want rape kill family steal flat screen feds come take gun toss fema famed re-education camp good stuff right there.featured image ethan miller/getty image nra get catch lie shatter everything stand