{"id":231469,"date":"2017-04-28T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=231469"},"modified":"2021-03-30T15:47:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T19:47:27","slug":"flashback-president-reagan-addresses-the-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/04\/28\/flashback-president-reagan-addresses-the-nra\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: President Reagan Addresses the NRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Here is President Reagan at the NRA, May 6, 1983. Now, Trump\u2019s on his way there. He\u2019s the first president the since Reagan to speak to the NRA. Four years ago&#8230; This is an interesting little tidbit. Four years, ago almost to the day, Barack Hussein Obama became the first sitting president to ever address a Planned Parenthood conference. Bill Clinton did not attend one. I don\u2019t know if Hillary did as a representative of Bill Clinton, but I do know that Obama was the first sitting president to ever address a Planned Parenthood conference.<\/p>\n<p>Now, ask yourself a question. Obama wouldn\u2019t go to the NRA. (impression) &#8220;Of course not! Gun violence, too many unnecessary deaths. It\u2019s just carnage out there. There\u2019s no way! We want to take guns away from people!&#8221; Ask yourself something. Who has killed more people with their policies, the NRA or Planned Parenthood? Hint: It\u2019s not even close. Planned Parenthood and their policies are responsible for 1.3 million abortions a year. The NRA can\u2019t even get close. Yet where\u2019s Obama? All concerned with saving lives and preventing danger and so forth. Here is Reagan in 1983. The NRA convention that year was in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5-JoMVf_f4w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>REAGAN: I\u2019m delighted to be with all of you. It does my spirit good to be with people who never lose faith in America, who never stop believing if her future, and who never back down one inch from defending the constitutional freedoms that are every American\u2019s birthright.<\/p>\n<p>CROWD: (applause)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: They went nuts out there. This was just a couple of years after he was shot by John Hinckley, by the way. Just two years after the attempted assassination.<\/p>\n<p>REAGAN: It\u2019s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun control laws. I happen to know this from personal experience.<\/p>\n<p>CROWD: (laughter and applause)<\/p>\n<p>REAGAN: You know, I\u2019ve always felt a special bond with the members of your group. You live by Lincoln\u2019s words: &#8220;Important principles may and must be inflexible.&#8221; Your philosophy put its trust in people, so you insist on individuals being held responsible for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Right on. The applause throughout Reagan\u2019s speech to the NRA in 1983 was never ending. Here\u2019s another example of that, our final bite&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-231542\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ReaganNRA1983.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ReaganNRA1983.jpg 426w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ReaganNRA1983-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>REAGAN: The NRA believes that America\u2019s laws were made to be obeyed and that our constitutional liberties are just as important today as 200 years ago. And, by the way, the Constitution does not that government shall decree the right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution says, &#8220;The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CROWD: (applause)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: That went on and on and on, and Reagan just owned the event. So we are waiting on President Trump. I don\u2019t know what time he\u2019s scheduled to actually make the speech. But he left about, oh, a half hour ago. Washington to Atlanta? One hour 15, maybe. So I\u2019m thinking he\u2019s got a two o\u2019clock scheduled address. It\u2019s probably known out there. I just haven\u2019t seen the time. I\u2019m just guessing based on my deep knowledge of flight times and ground transportation times when you have no stoplight stopping you, no stop signs.<\/p>\n<p>So my guess would be around two o\u2019clock. I spoke to the NRA early, early on. Wayne LaPierre invited me. It was not my best; I\u2019ll tell you it was not my best. I felt a sense of regret for a long time afterwards. They made me the most incredible rifle, custom-made rifle, and presented it to me. (interruption) Well, no. The reason was that I got too much advice on what the group was expecting. One organizer say, &#8220;No, we want to hear your historical references and knowledge, the efforts to restrict guns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other people said, &#8220;No, no! Don\u2019t do any of that. Just go out and be who you are. Talk about whatever\u2019s on your mind today tailored to the NRA.&#8221; So I started thinking about it too much and I tried to please every potential faction in the audience, and it just&#8230; It\u2019s a lesson. Don\u2019t listen to what other people tell you they expect. If somebody invites you to speak, it\u2019s because they want you for who you are; just go be that. I mean, it wasn\u2019t bad, folks. It was just it could have been&#8230; It wasn\u2019t my best. That\u2019s the thing. I never forget those that weren\u2019t the best, \u2019cause it\u2019s untapped potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: The applause throughout Reagan&#039;s speech to the NRA in 1983 was never ending. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Flashback: President Reagan Addresses the NRA - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/04\/28\/flashback-president-reagan-addresses-the-nra\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Flashback: President Reagan Addresses the NRA - 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