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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Congresswoman mocked for saying AR-15s are 'as heavy as' 10 moving boxes and fire .50 caliber bullets


Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee incorrectly claimed that AR-15 rifles fire .50 caliber ammunition and that the weapons are “as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving.”

The Texas Democrat, who is pushing for further gun control policies, made the statement to reporters, claiming that she has held an AR-15 but wished she had not.

"It is as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving,” Jackson Lee, 69, said. “And the bullet that is utilized, a .50 caliber, these kinds of bullets need to be licensed and do not need to be on the street.”

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

So sad how many ignorant, pathological liars we have in politics. She’s never held an AR, they’re super light and honestly one of the easiest rifles for a female to shoot with because recoil is amazing for its size

Anonymous said...

Another Democrat idiot who knows nothing about what she is talking about. An AR-15 can be held in one hand with no trouble by 99% of the population. An AR-15 is a .223 cal, which is a lot smaller than a .50 cal round.

Anonymous said...

Democrats lie because they know their constituents will believe whatever they say.

Anonymous said...

Northwest Woodsman: Another totally ignorant Marxist democrat who has no idea what they are talking about. How could anyone be so out of touch as to go in front of an audience or tv cameras and spout such ignorance and demonstrate such stupidity? This is worse than that other ignorant democrat congress woman who described a barrel shroud as “something that goes up”. My god, who in the heck votes for these clowns? Jackson-Lee does have innate low IQ as an excuse, I suppose.

Anonymous said...

Yeah 10 empty moving boxes, lmao

Anonymous said...

Remember this moron makes the laws we have to live by! We have got to stop putting nuts in charge!

Anonymous said...

Another stupid democrat much like Rep "tip over Guam " Johnson.

Anonymous said...

She means moving the 10 boxes of rocks in her head.

Rebel Without a Clue said...

I find that I have to use a crane, or sometimes a forklift, to pick my AR-15 up. It's rough on the back too and the loud noise and recoil caused PTSD to occur. No wait, that was a SCUD missile or two. My bad. The AR is just fun to Pew-Pew sounds with!

Unknown said...

Another very uninformed dumbocrat.

Anonymous said...

Seven and a half pounds might be the weight of ten boxes of two-piece takeout.