Rep. Sheila Jackson recently described a weapon I’ve never heard of but, but now I kinda want one. According to the Texas democrat, she once held an extremely heavy .50 caliber AR-15. It’s sounds unruly and expensive to operate, but I wouldn’t mind popping off a few rounds from this thing. Unfortunately, Jackson says these weapons don’t belong on our streets and has introduced a bill to ban them. You know, because that’s what democrats do.
Check out this latest bit of firearms illiteracy:
“I held an AR-15 in my hand, I wish I hadn’t. It is as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving. 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.” – Rep. @JacksonLeeTX18 pic.twitter.com/U71ir6BHZH
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) September 23, 2019
She starts off talking about, “my bill that I’ve introduced dealing with a caliber weapon.”
Just in case you don’t know what a “caliber weapon” is, Jackson was kind enough to educate us all:
“I’ve held an AR-15 in my hand, I wish I hadn’t. It was as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving and the bullet that is utilized is a .50 caliber. These kinds of bullets need to be licensed and do not need to be on the streets,” said Jackson.
I told you she was describing a weird and wild gun. Generally speaking an AR-15 weighs around 6.5 pounds. The whole point of the platform, like all carbines, is to be lightweight. Jackson’s mystery gun however weighs as much as 10 boxes you might move. I have a lot of books and records, so boxes I might move could weigh 30-40 pounds each. If Jackson’s estimation is correct, this gun she held could have been close to 400 pounds. Somehow I doubt she could hold something like that in her hands, but maybe there’s a ripped steroid body under that stylish pantsuit.
Also generally speaking AR-15 fire .233 caliber rounds or 5.56 NATO. Jackson’s gun ramps up the insanity by “utilizing” .50 caliber rounds. It’s a good thing the gun weighs 400 pounds, because firing a .50 cal out of a gun that weighs under 7 pounds would be a disaster. I’m pretty sure the gun would rip through the shoulder of the user and end up in the parking lot at the range.
Obviously Jackson has no idea what she’s talking about, which is normal for liberals when it comes to guns. It becomes abnormal because she is a lawmaker who wants to ban this thing she has described. In other words, she has introduced a bill to ban something that doesn’t exist. This is like prohibiting unicorns or regulating dragon ownership. Then again, these are the same people who want to ban everything to stop global warming so I guess this qualifies a “democrat normal.”
Here’s the deal: If I think storks deliver babies, that a uterus is called a “chubawumba,” and humans are made out of jellybeans, my opinions on abortion don’t matter. Certainly I don’t have the right to be outraged about it. I haven’t taken the time to understand the basics of the issue or put any effort into educating myself on the subject.
This is exactly what democrats are doing. They don’t know how a gun works, what any part of a gun is called, or understand the Constitutional rights that protect gun ownership. Yet everyday they are on TV spewing nonsense and hate, trying to take away our rights. Their opinions don’t matter. Their outrage is laughable. I don’t know anything about quantum physics, but I never once freaked the hell out over it. Why does anyone need a fourth dimension, designed for time travel and not our streets?
