Wayne Lapierre net worth, age, wiki, family, biography and latest updates.
Wayne Lapierre, born Wayne Robert LaPierre, Jr., is an American author, government activist, gun rights activist, and lobbyist who has worked in government since receiving his master’s degree.
Wayne Lapierre: Profile summary
Full Name/Real Name | Wayne Robert LaPierre, Jr. |
Nick Name | Wayne LaPierre |
Male/Female | Male |
Main Profession | Business executive, gun rights activist |
Citizenship | American |
Birth Location | Schenectady, New York, U.S. |
Birthday | 8-Nov-49 |
Age | 72 years old |
Heights | 1.89 m |
Height(s) Feet | 6 feet and 2 inches |
Heights in cm | 189 cm |
Weight | 72 kg |
Weight(s) in pound | 158 pounds |
Marital Status | Married |
Spouse | Susan LaPierre |
Children | No |
Salary | $985,000 |
Net Worths | $12 Million |
Wayne Lapierre: Age
Wayne Robert LaPierre, Jr. was born on November 8, 1949, in Schenectady, New York, U.S. He is 68 years old as of 2018.
Wayne Lapierre: Family
He is the eldest child of Hazel (Gordon) and Wayne Robert LaPierre, Sr. His father was an accountant for the local General Electric plant. His family moved to Roanoke, Virginia, when Robert was five years old and was raised in the Roman Catholic church.
Wayne Lapierre: Wife
Lapierre is married to Susan Lapierre.
Wayne Lapierre: NRA
He has served as executive vice president and chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association (NRA) SINCE 1991. It is the largest gun rights and small arms industry advocacy organization in the United States. He joined the NRA in 1977 after working as a legislative aide to Democratic Virginia delegate and gun rights advocate Vic Thomas.
NRA contributions totalled $103 million in 2014, and his compensation was $985,885. NRA contributions totalled $95 million in 2015. In that year, He received a $3.7 million “employee-funded deferred compensation plan”, which was required by federal law, according to the NRA, raising his total annual compensation to $5,110,985.
Wayne Lapierre: Gun Control
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, which did result in the deaths of more than two dozen children and adults, he famously suggested that a “national database of lunatics” would do more to solve the country’s gun violence problem than banning the assault-style weapons so often used in such crimes. He supports;
- Increase of funds for a stricter and more efficient mental health system and the reform of civil commitment laws to facilitate the institutionalization of the mentally ill when necessary.
- Creating a computerized universal mental health registry of those adjudicated to be legally incompetent will help limit gun sales to the mentally ill.
- Increase in the enforcement of federal laws against and confinement of violent gang members or felons with guns.
- Project Exile and similar programs mandate severe sentences for all gun crimes, especially illegally possessing it. He stated, “By prosecuting them, they prevent the drug dealer, the gang member, and the felon from committing the next crime.
- He also supports the bans on fully automatic firearms
Wayne Lapierre: Military Service
There is no public record or published mention of LaPierre ever having served in the military. Various queries to the NRA public affairs office concerning Mr LaPierre’s military service went unanswered.
Wayne Lapierre: Books
- 2011- America Disarmed: Inside the U. N. and Obama’s Scheme to Destroy the Second Amendment
- 2010- Safe: The Responsible American’s Guide to Home and Family Security
- 2007- The Essential Second Amendment Guide
- 2006- The Global War on Your Guns
- 2002- Guns, Freedom, and Terrorism
- 2002- Shooting Straight: Telling the Truth About Guns in America
- 1994- Guns, Crime and Freedom
Wayne LaPierre: Net Worth
Wayne LaPierre’s net worth or net income is estimated to be $10 Million dollars.