“How can anybody look at what happened this week and say there was enough security there?” LaPierre said. “I mean, there was one guy, [from] a private-security firm . . . there were six guys guarding the gates. The Capital Hill SWAT team was told to stand down.”

“We need to turn seven minutes’ response . . . 30 minutes before they bring down the shooter into seven seconds and 30 seconds,” LaPierre said. “There’s not a homeowner in Northern Virginia that if somebody’s breaking down their door, would be satisfied with 30 minutes.