defeat in the u.s. senate with his step at a time gun owner registration under the guise of universal background checks. he's now threatening democratic senators who are friends of nra. he will destroy them, if he can. >> and here is the nra's executive vice president, wayne la pierre. >> the senate vote two weeks ago is a skirmish in what can be defined as a long war against our constitutional rights. we will never surrender our guns, never. and to the political and media elite who score us, we say let them be damned. [ cheers and applause ] >> after that speech, this open letter to wayne la pierre was in