so, i want to thank you, wayne lapierre.that man was not a member of the nra, but the satirical comedy -- he joins me now. jason solving, the co-host of the good lies broadcast, welcome to the show this evening. jason first off, i'm deeply impressed with your ability to keep a straight face throughout all of that. i keep chuckling every time i see lapierre's face. you can't help but think what is he doing there. what was your reaction to the speech -- that people get it in the end? what's happened next? >> i think that wayne lapierre definitely got it. i made i contact with him all the time, and it was a little nerve-racking because he was just staring at me the whole time. but people in the hall, i think also where, 50% of them. but as you heard, at the end, there was an applause. staying in the line of the fought -- so many times. that is the nra, i guess. >> indeed, they genuinely believe it. and addition to addressing wayne lapierre, he spoke to others at the nra convention, including a man wearing a t-shirt, and holding

after sandy hook, you heard it after el paso, you heard it after buffalo, you kept hearing that wayne lapierrerre's leadership, has provided thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. and maybe these mass shootings would stop happening if we all thought a little bit more and we prayed a little bit more. i'm asking everyone in this room to think, to pray. gave your thoughts and your prayers and your thoughts and your prayers and your prayers and your thoughts, and if we give enough of these thoughts in these prayers these mass shootings will stop. i want to thank you, wayne lapierre, for all you've done all your thoughts on all your prayers. thank you. [applause] >> the utterly confused when lap here, it seems. by the way, after that, he was reelected as ceo of the nra by a vote of 52 on. he saw that post -- the good liars join me now. welcome to you both, guys. thank you for joining us on this. jason, i have to, say i saw this when i was and uvalde, covering a mass shooting there. but i was really fascinated by what took place there and obviously your addressing the crowd at the n

amy: talk about wayne lapierre's rise, charlton heston, and what we are seeing today. >> when lapierreoined the nra in 1978, so when you're after the cincinnati revolt, and he had worked for a blue dog democrat in the virginia state house on gun legislation before. and before that he briefly w a special education public high scho -- public school teacher but virginia and new york, which i think a somewhat interesting. he was a very young man, i think 28 when he joined the nra. he helped pass the firearms protection act during the reagan administration which rolled back some of the 1968 law which really gave him credibility within the nra. then in 1991 after a series of scandals and infighting in the organization there really was threatening to bring it down they chose lapierre to become the executive vice president and ceo, which is the title -- combined title now that he uses in 1991. there was a push to try and depose him by an individual by the name of neil knox who accused everybody but him of being weak on gun rights as a way of trying to outflank organization on their core issue.

sorry, i would just say also the idea of the miss and the lie that was invented by wayne lapierre because it didn't exist before sandy hook a decade ago. nearly that a good guy with a gun is all that it takes to stop. a bad guy with a gun, i think was set to rest in you've all day. we had 19 long foresman officers all with guns and we had a single perpetrator. none of him could take out the bad guy with a gun. the reality is that lie existed the moment it was uttered. and it was uttered by the way, with wayne law pierre on a yacht in the mediterranean, where he fled, because he was afraid that he would be shot by the rest of america. that's just true. and we've been living with the consequences of that lie. we all know if that missed were true, and if it just means more guns, stop, gun violence. we have more guns than people in america. we would be the safest country on earth. and dion father would still be alive. it's just false and we are dying of it this and so i'm done with that myth and i hope all of america is we're done with that in this framework that we're looking around is want

, a celebrated the high court's ruling thursday, the organization's executive vice president, wayne lapierre, had this to say. quote decades of right to carry laws all across america have proven that good men and women are not the problem. this ruling will bring life saving justice to law abiding americans who have lived under unconstitutional restrictions all across our country, particularly in cities and states with revolving door criminal justice systems. no cash bail and increased opposition to law enforcement. but gun control advocates lambasted the decision, accusing the court's conservative majority of going against the will of most americans who support sensible gun control decision is radical judicial extremism at its worst, and americans will die as a result. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox. two news executives were in washington, d c today and made the record gas prices that seem to just keep going up executives from bp, chevron and several other companies met with energy secretary jennifer granholm. she reportedly took banning or limiting fuel exports off the table as a way to lower ga

my office is reaching out to wayne lapierre because frankly, i don't believe the nra has the dominant population of its membership that would not be open to stopping gun trafficking, storing guns ammunitions, and increasing the age. that's overly popular. so here's the point, i think. let the senate move, and it's negotiating. but we in the house have work to do as well. i think there are people in the house, members, republicans, democrats, that can find commonality around this pass. >> let me, on that point, here may be an example, we had a republican congresswoman on on wednesday, beth devine. i'm sorry, beth van dine from texas, i'm sure you know her, and she has introduced a bill that would keep guns out of the hand of 18-year-olds with a violent juvenile record. she said she can't get democrats to come on board with her. let me play for you what she said. >> violent offenders, violent criminals need to be prevented from purchasing guns. if we actually -- and that's where we have our conversation, i'm ready. i'm ready. i will talk to anybody in the room who's willing to have that

, a celebrated the high court's ruling thursday, the organization's executive vice president, wayne lapierre, had this to say, quote. decades of right to carry laws all across america have proven that good men and women are not the problem. this ruling will bring life saving justice to law abiding americans who have lived under unconstitutional restrictions all across our country, particularly in cities and states with revolving door criminal justice systems, no cash bail and increased opposition to law enforcement. but gun control advocates lambasted the decision, accusing the court's conservative majority of going against the will of most americans who support sensible gun control. this decision is radical judicial extremism at its worst americans will die as a result. jon lowy is chief counsel at the brady center to prevent gun violence. he and other gun control advocates held a town hall meeting criticizing the supreme court's ruling. an armed society is not as the n r a likes to say, polite society. it is a deadly society. in the supreme court has taken a huge step in writing that bogus

wayne lapierre, meet with us. we are in a crisis of death. we have a war on the children of america. i, for one, cannot stand any stupor of stupidness. i believe it is crucial that what we did some years ago, sit on the floor of the house when we were in republican-controlled, after sandy hook, just to do something. and here we are again. now remember the words of john lewis, who said "where is the heart of this body, the congress? where is our soul? where is our moral leadership? where is our courage?" from columbine, for which i served at that time on the columbine task force, to the countless numbers of children that have died because guns have not been stored or guns do not have a device as the storage bills reflect, this is the question of whether or not we as americans are blind. do we only see the power and money of gun manufacturers? are we not sensitive to boulder, atlanta, tree of life, marjory stoneman douglas, las vegas, san bernardino, gilroy, garland, washington navy yard, sandy hook alum entry, virginia tech, immanuel african m

wayne lapierre, meet with us. we are in a crisis of death. we have a war on the children of america. i, for one, cannot stand any stupor of stupidness. i believe it is crucial that what we did some years ago, sit on the floor of the house when we were in republican-controlled, after sandy hook, just to do something. and here we are again. now remember the words of john lewis, who said "where is the heart of this body, the congress? where is our soul? where is our moral leadership? where is our courage?" from columbine, for which i served at that time on the columbine task force, to the countless numbers of children that have died because guns have not been stored or guns do not have a device as the storage bills reflect, this is the question of whether or not we as americans are blind. do we only see the power and money of gun manufacturers? are we not sensitive to boulder, atlanta, tree of life, marjory stoneman douglas, las vegas, san bernardino, gilroy, garland, washington navy yard, sandy hook alum entry, virginia tech, immanuel african m

that is based off of corruption allegations against wayne lapierre and other members of leadership.has creating internal -- created internal fighting. you also have the fact that they are using very old styles of fundraising and membership development that relies on direct mail. it is not so clear that they are picking up these new gun owners. we had this surge of gun buying during the pandemic, and everything that followed from that, and the nra did not grow its membership during that time. host: you are at the recent meetings. what was attendance like? guest: attendance was very low, even by their own numbers. it was actually the lowest attended nra annual meeting since 2006. the same can be said of their board elections. the members vote on who will be on the board of directors. they had the fewest number of ballots returned since 2006. members are not as engaged as they have been in the past. host: steve gutowski is our guest. he is the editor of the reload. we will be talking about congressional efforts to address gun violence. we will welcome your calls and comments. the lines

the organization's executive vice president, wayne lapierre, had this to say, quote.right to carry laws all across america have proven that good men and women are not the problem. this ruling will bring life saving justice to law abiding americans who have lived under unconstitutional restrictions all across our country, particularly in cities and states with revolving door criminal justice systems, no cash bail and increased opposition to law enforcement. but gun control advocates lambasted the decision, accusing the court's conservative majority of going against the will of most americans who support sensible gun control. this decision is radical judicial extremism at its worst , and americans will die as a result. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. all right, thank you. evan san francisco sheriff's office says it has already received more than two dozen requests for concealed carry permits. after yesterday's decision, san francisco sheriff paul miyamoto has not issued any concealed carry permits in his time in office, and the office says it will continue to follow