Rev. Jesse Jackson on Sunday repeated the debunked claim that semi-automatic and so-called assault weapons can âshoot down airplanesâ â and added that they can also âblow up railroads.â
âSemi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, theyâre about national security,â Jackson said on Fox News. âYou know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue.â
He added, âyou want a gun for your house, you got it, a gun with which to hunt, you got it. But these semi-automatic, military-style assault weapons â they shot at the White House two years ago, so none of us are safe.â
TheBlaze asked a panel of experts last month just how realistic Jackson assertion was after he made a similar claim. The verdict: âlaughable.â
âItâs clear Rev. Jackson doesnât know the first thing about rifles and guns in general,â former CIA officer and author of âThe Covert Guide to Concealed Carryâ Jason Hanson said.
Chris Gahr, who assisted in aircraft investigations while in the Marine Corps, summed it up this way: âyou would have a better chance of being hit by lightning WHILE winning the lottery than bringing down a commercial airliner with the weapons that [accused Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooter James] Holmes carried.â
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...irplanes-now-they-can-also-blow-up-railroads/
âSemi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, theyâre about national security,â Jackson said on Fox News. âYou know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue.â
He added, âyou want a gun for your house, you got it, a gun with which to hunt, you got it. But these semi-automatic, military-style assault weapons â they shot at the White House two years ago, so none of us are safe.â
TheBlaze asked a panel of experts last month just how realistic Jackson assertion was after he made a similar claim. The verdict: âlaughable.â
âItâs clear Rev. Jackson doesnât know the first thing about rifles and guns in general,â former CIA officer and author of âThe Covert Guide to Concealed Carryâ Jason Hanson said.
Chris Gahr, who assisted in aircraft investigations while in the Marine Corps, summed it up this way: âyou would have a better chance of being hit by lightning WHILE winning the lottery than bringing down a commercial airliner with the weapons that [accused Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooter James] Holmes carried.â
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...irplanes-now-they-can-also-blow-up-railroads/
