ceo wayne lapierre celebrated the republican majority in the u.s. senate as evidence of the group 's political clout .
but he urged members to stand up against looming gun-control efforts .
the motto of the convention in nashville this weekend is : ` if they can ban one , they can ban them all .
` and when he 's finished he intends to go to dismantle our freedoms and reshape america into an america that you and i will not even recognize .