Jesse Jackson claims semi-automatic rifles can 'blow up railroads'

The Examiner ^ | February 4, 2013 | Joe Newby

[2ndDivisionVet]

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...

[midway1]

Must have been a 22 magnum.

[BuckeyeTexan]

- Assault rifles can cause planes to disappear in the Bermuda Triangle.
- Assault rifles can cause global warming, er, I mean climate change.
- Assault rifles can cause separation of Oreo cookies

And I heard that assault rifles caused the downfall of the Roman Empire, but I think that’s just a conspiracy theory.

[BuckeyeTexan]

That’s not cheating. It’s adapting. :)

[deoetdoctrinae]

Remember Pluto? It was considered a planet until I chipped away at it with my Mosin-Nagant. :)

[Jonah Hex]

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."

Remember the Big Bang? 'fraid that was me and my trusty AR-7...

[BuckeyeTexan]

Intelligent Design indeed.

[M Kehoe]

Apparently psychosis runs in Jesse's family.

5.56mm

[BuckeyeTexan]

When the Earth’s poles shifted? Again, all me.

[Fresh Wind]

This must be what Je$$e Jack$$on is talking about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLroIZCgRy4

[Tupelo]

I guess old dumb ass Jesse never saw any of those pictures from WWll of the B17s returning from Germany all shot to hell.
Some of them even held together by their control cables and parachute cords.
That dumb somebeach needs to sit down, shut up and go away.

[Venturer]

I guess Jesse Jackass wasn’t getting enough attention from his race baiting so he went in to gun-grabbing mode.

Surely Big Al will agree with him.

[COBOL2Java]

I shoot down satellites with mine. You ever see a photograph of the surface of the moon? Yup, that was me.

Are YOU the one that put those black spots on Jupiter? Bad boy!

[Fast Moving Angel]

Yeah, OK, but, remember the big hole in the side of the Death Star ... ??? :-)

[RansomOttawa]

“You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads.

Well, of course they can . . . eventually . . .

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’ve been trying to find the video of Jesse diving for cover when a studio light fixture blew out. He obviously is easily upset.