Question

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre stated, "if you look at why our Founding Fathers put it [the Second Amendment] there, they had lived under the tyranny of King George and they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny."

A) True
B) False

Answer 1

The statement is true. The Second Amendment was put in place by the Founding Fathers to protect the free people of the new country from tyranny.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement given by Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president, is True.The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was indeed put in place by the Founding Fathers to ensure that the free people of the new country would never have to live under tyranny again.The Founding Fathers had experienced the tyranny of King George during the American Revolution, and they believed that a well-regulated militia and the right of the people to keep and bear arms would serve as protections against potential future tyrannical governments.