On Sunday, liberal activist Jesse Jackson repeated
his claim that semi-automatic weapons can shoot down airplanes and said they
could also "blow up railroads."
“Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they’re about
national security,” he said while appearing on Fox News.
“You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes,
they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue,” he
added.
Jackson said he was okay with having a gun for the house,
or a gun for hunting.
“But these semi-automatic, military-style assault weapons
-- they shot at the White House two years ago, so none of us are safe,” he added.
Last month, Jackson made a similar claim.
"The young man who did the killing in Aurora,
Colorado, with the arsenal he had– he was right near the airport, right near
the runways [in] Denver. He could shoot down airplanes, so this is a matter of
homeland security as well," he said.
That claim, The
Blaze said, was called "laughable" by a former CIA officer.
"I just read the Jesse Jackson quote and quite
frankly it’s laughable," said Jason Hanson, author of "The Covert
Guide to Concealed Carry."
"It’s clear Rev. Jackson doesn’t know the first thing
about rifles and guns in general. It’s like me making a comment about quilting,
something I know absolutely nothing about," he added. "With the type
of rifle that James Holmes had it would be impossible to shoot down a plane.
Okay, nothing is impossible, but it would be as likely as aliens knocking on my
front door tomorrow."
Chris Gahr, who assisted in aircraft investigations while
in the Marine Corps, told the Blaze that one 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, Colorado shooter
James] Holmes carried."
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was
poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy
lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy
children, which thou didst give unto them;
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Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with
whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all [them] that thou hast loved, with all
[them] that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against
thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
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As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help:
in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].
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How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing
thou doest all these [things], the work of an imperious whorish woman;
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