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In the article Jackson says, "these weapons", but there is no antecedent to "these". Who knows what he is really talking about.
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True. The press is notorious for getting info wrong, so it is hard to know what he really did say.
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It's not hard at all.
I spent about 30 seconds with an internet search engine and found the following.
http://www.businessinsider.com/video...ilroads-2013-2
Here's the complete quote:
“Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they’re about national security. You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue.”
The link above contains a video for those who want to hear the quote directly from the horse's mouth. The quote is at 1:41 on the video.
This isn't the first time the Rev. Jackson has made wild claims about firearms.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013...onal-security/
"These semi-automatic weapons, these assault weapons, can only kill people, and in fact, they are threats to national security… 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."