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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Assault Weapons Can ‘Shoot Down Planes’ & Therefore Pose Risk to National Security

Jan. 14, 2013 7:33pm Erica Ritz

Rev. Jesse Jackson appeared on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” Monday to discuss the proposed changes to gun law in the United States of America.

In his estimation, semi-automatic guns and so-called “assault weapons” must be banned for the sake of national security, because they could “shoot down planes.”

He stated:

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.

Jackson was presumably referring to James Holmes’ guns and not any explosives he may have had, because the stated risk is that Holmes could have “[shot] down” a plane.

Jackson proceeded to say that on the battlefield, soldiers determine where enemy guns are being produced and they stop the flow of weapons.

“We know where they’re manufactured; we know where they’re sold,” he said of American guns.

When asked how he proposes to to fix the situation, Jackson said we must “make manufacturers more accountable for their product” like we did with cigarette manufacturers.

“What functions do assault weapons hold except to kill people…what is their function?” he asked.

Here is the clip:

TheBlaze reached out to gun experts for comment on Jackson’s comments, but have yet to hear back. Stay tuned.

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Juniemoon
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 8:04am
Code Word alert! Code Word Alert! IDIOT!

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- cosette
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:19am
  Precisely! The ignorance of someone who is presumed to be the spokesman for an entire race, is beyond jaw dropping. Any self respecting Black American should be embarrassed to have him represent them.
  
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- Bloody Sam
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:56am
  “Jackson proceeded to say that on the battlefield, soldiers determine where enemy guns are being produced and they stop the flow of weapons.”
  
  Soooo…..Jesse Jackson considers those not elected to office as combatants in some sort of war and this makes it OK for our elected officials (soldiers) to stop the flow of weapons to us…their enemy?
  Got it. Now that the lines have been drawn and the enemy clearly identified, prosecution of this supposed war should be easier. Jesse Jackson said so.
  
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- JQuentinEvermann
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:45am
  Unless the government plans on using deer and elk to launch an attack against its citizens, I say it is a good thing we have weapons intended only for killing people.
  
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- rp454
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:07pm
  What a buffoon. Does he even realize how stupid he sounds?
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:45pm
  This is why America is the laughing stock of the World.
  
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- vanman4446
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 8:44pm
  Sure they can and next he will be saying assault rifles can shoot down satellites ok I’ll have what he’s smoking
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on January 17, 2013 at 12:25am
  This is what happens when you have morons being quoted as “experts.” Jackson should go back to accusing everyone (whites) of being a racists. He’s great at doing that. He’s no expert on guns.
  
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:38am
Let’s do away with these “Assault Abortions”, because they are only good for KILLING people. “Assault Abortions” are being paid for by our tax dollars through Planned Parenthood and murder more people everyday than any other kind of weapon that is available today.

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Owl Works
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:25am
Who are the real “Uncle Toms”?

“No slave shall keep any arms whatever, nor pass unless with written orders from his master or employer, or in his company with arms, from one place to another. Arms in possession of a slave contrary to this prohibition, shall be forfeited to him who will seize them.”

~State of Virginia, October 1785 – ACT LXXVII. An act concerning slaves

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Owl Works
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:22am
Who are the real “Uncle Toms”?

“No slave shall keep any arms whatever, nor pass unless with written orders from his master or employer, or in his company with arms, from one place to another. Arms in possession of a slave contrary to this prohibition, shall be forfeited to him who will seize them.”

~State of Virginia, October 1785 – ACT LXXVII. An act concerning slaves

http://wp.me/pPbDg-1dC

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KingCanon
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:17am
IMPORTANT NEWS!

The media is sneaking in news about canine micro-chips. Sweet stories at that.
This means the “organization” behind the media is now pushing micro-chips.
It’s all sneaking in behind the gun control headlines. Mark my word… the chips will
surface now and spread like wildfire! Another step in the direction of the antichrist.
Mark my word and you heard it here first!

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MK2
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:14am
Really,give me a break what a dosh bag how does he even get on tv my pet rock has more common sense then he does,what about utility knives they claim those actually brought down the planes on 9/11 lets ban them now

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Bodacious_Boedi
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 2:11am
The Rear End Jesse Jackass couldn’t answer the Chicago crime/gun ratio question, but he makes up this gem.

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RWwaKo
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:32am
Holy crap!!! If you mention the name “Jesse Jackson” during a flight, they will actually look for things to fly into. Jesse, YOU are a threat to national security.

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phoenix110
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:22am
Jesse Jackson’s stupidity, when listened to, destroys brain cells. He is a mental stability threat to the nation and therefore, should be removed from our country.

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- Kalidor835
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:31am
  I don’t know which is the more delusional and unstable, the father or the son? Maybe they should both be locked up in a padded cell?
  
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TemperBay
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:15am
Yea, and they can shoot down big mouthed racist frauds and blackmailers too; which could STRENGTHEN national security.

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ZOZOMAN
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:02am
anywhere there is trouble,,,there is jesse,,,,,,,,,,,,,racist ,,,idiot

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txbigfoot
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:58pm
His mouth kills more people than guns….. Word.
Seriously… get a job that pays.
vunerable…. geesh.

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Aegis
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:55pm
Wow! How obtuse can one person be? And what does it say about your followers when a leader has so little intelligence.

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- gperky
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:20am
  JJ’s IQ is so low he doesn’t even make death row in Texas!
  
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brigott
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:50pm
The whole intent of the Second Amendment is that citizens have the right to own firearms expressly for the purpose of killing people. The founding fathers used them for that purpose.

The desire is never to use one. The goal is to use it well – and to kill the enemy – when it does become necessary to use one.

And even geese or birds near an airport can take down an airplane, as could a crossbow, a bow and arrow, a catapult, or any of many other methods.

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- Witness1974
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 3:39am
  Brigott: You got it right on the Second Amendment. The Founders wisely wrote it that way so that the people, whatever their stature, could deal with tyrants and defend themselves against oppression.
  
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Zeke48
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:46pm
Right Rev. How’s your son doing?

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Starknerd
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:41pm
Jesse is speaking from both ends again. When the new airport was built in Denver (DIA) a comic that came through town commented, “So, you buillt a GREAT new airport…in Nebraska!” DIA is nowhere “near” anywhere! Maybe he’s mad that they shut down the old airport (Stapleton) near Aurora on Martin Luther King Blvd. We were always shootin’ the planes down back then.

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OBAMALOG
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:35pm
Am I the only one who thinks Jesse Jackson looks like a catfish?

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- Witness1974
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 3:41am
  Sir, I take offense at your statement! For, it demeans catfish.
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:28am
  Hahahahaha!! He does, now that you mention it! Except he lacks the intelligence of a catfish.
  
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- JeffersonsPen
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:47am
  ROTFLMAO ! Thank you ! In these times a “drive by joke” with that much humor is worth alot………..thank you. ……….catfish……………………..hahahahahahahaha!
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:35pm
Planes fly above the ability of bullets to hit them, and air ports are located in large metropolitan areas likely to be using some of the more advanced “acoustic detection” available to law enforcement to apprehend such criminals? With required redundant safety systems employed on aircraft, even if one were hit, it would not fall out of the sky?

Hallucinations, or over active imaginations?

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CloudNine
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:34pm
No one takes him serious anymore. Where is his pet monkey, Rev. Sharpton?

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WINNEBAGOMAN
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:22pm
How is Jesse Jackson still relevant?

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TJexcite
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:19pm
Of course it can shot down a plane. If you get it passed the TSA at the airport and then shot the pilot through the bullet proof door when the airplane is in the air.

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katzkiner
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:17pm
He will never forget the way the Koreans in LA put a stop to the Rodney King rioting with “counter assault rifles”.

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- DEFCON4
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:52pm
  @Katzkiner, Those courageous Korean shop-owners with their ‘counter assault rifles’,
  are ‘shining-examples’ for the 2nd Ammendment !
  
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Wyerd_001
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:16pm
Jackson proceeded to say that on the battlefield, soldiers determine where enemy guns are being produced and they stop the flow of weapons.

“We know where they’re manufactured; we know where they’re sold,” he said of American guns.

So if I take him at his word, and being a man of God I see no reason to believe he is lying, the he thinks we (the American people) are the “enemy” (his word), and he is at war with US!?!?

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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:01pm
  A drone coming to the WalMart near you.
  
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Raging_Waters
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:49pm
“These semi-automatic weapons, these assault weapons, can only kill people,” -Jesse Jackson

No ****, Sherlock! They’re there for the U.S. Citizens to keep their government in check, you racist, fearmongering POS!

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South Philly Boy
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:40pm
Wow… Why is this guy NOT in JAIL

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- Racemosa7
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:28pm
  Because you cannot inflict cruel and unusual punishment on the other inmates.
  
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