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Don Lemon (CNN) doesn't know different between Semi-Auto and Auto Weapons
Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:14 am
Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:14 am
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Notice Van Jones nodding along to everything Lemon is saying. It's unbelievable how journalists, even some that are supposed to be respected, can be so ignorant on basic information.
And this is on top of what happened a few days ago in Ferguson
quote:
Sensing that the CNN host wasn’t fully informed on the issue, Ferguson then asked Lemon for his definition of an “automatic weapon.”
“For me, an automatic weapon is anything that you can shoot off a number of rounds very quickly. I was able to buy an AR-15 in 20 minutes,” Lemon said.
That’s when Ferguson pounced.
“With all due respect, you don’t know what you’re talking about,” the radio host shot back. “An automatic weapon is when you pull the trigger one time and it continually shoots off one after another, after another.”
But Lemon refused to back down, claiming that he can do exactly that with the AR-15 that he purchased in Colorado and accusing Ferguson of “getting into semantics.” It should be noted that fully automatic firearms are highly regulated in the United States and very hard to acquire.
Notice Van Jones nodding along to everything Lemon is saying. It's unbelievable how journalists, even some that are supposed to be respected, can be so ignorant on basic information.
And this is on top of what happened a few days ago in Ferguson
This post was edited on 8/21/14 at 2:55 pm
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:17 am to Eighteen
I don't really consider Don Lemmon and the other talking heads on cable news "journalists". More like ignorant talking point sluts
Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:19 am to Eighteen
He must come from the same stock as some of our posters on here. Regardless of how many times they are explained the difference they just don't understand...
Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:31 am to Eighteen
That's pretty bad, but the rubber bullets thing was worse.
CNN should know the difference between semi-auto and auto if they are going to run with the agenda that they have pushed at times.
CNN should know the difference between semi-auto and auto if they are going to run with the agenda that they have pushed at times.
This post was edited on 8/21/14 at 9:36 am
Posted on 8/21/14 at 9:55 am to Eighteen
buh buh but I thought there was no such thing as an "automatic weapon". At least I've seen it said here numerous times.
This is like the "tea party". When a liberal mentions the tea party, we're told there is no tea party. But then cons freely speak of the tea party.
Same with an automatic weapon. If a liberal mentions it, there is no such thing.
This is like the "tea party". When a liberal mentions the tea party, we're told there is no tea party. But then cons freely speak of the tea party.
Same with an automatic weapon. If a liberal mentions it, there is no such thing.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:00 am to Eighteen
Lefties in general, and journalists in particular, being fricking clueless about guns isn't a new thing.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:01 am to Eighteen
OP:
Thank you for finding the video. I saw that exchange last night and was dumbfounded at how ignorant and indignant in that ignorance the host was. I posted about it last night but no video was available. Thanks for sharing it with the masses.
Thank you for finding the video. I saw that exchange last night and was dumbfounded at how ignorant and indignant in that ignorance the host was. I posted about it last night but no video was available. Thanks for sharing it with the masses.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:25 am to Eighteen
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That’s when Ferguson pounced.
His name's really Ferguson?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:25 am to Eighteen
This matters sooooo much - the distinction between technical meanings and conventional meanings of words. You should send Lemmon some hate mail.
quote:LINK
While both "semi automatic" and "fully automatic" weapons are "automatic" in the technical sense that the firearm automatically cycles between rounds with each trigger pull, under conventional usage a merely semi-automatic firearm is not correctly referred to as an "automatic weapon" or an "automatic firearm."
This post was edited on 8/21/14 at 10:29 am
Posted on 8/21/14 at 11:14 am to Eighteen
Lemon is technically a gun idiot.
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