Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, could serve as the poster child for the old proverb that it’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
Speaking in a clip shared on Twitter by Blaze Media’s Jason Howerton, the Democrat notorious for mistreating her staff was equally abusive with the truth, saying that an AR-15 was heavier than “10 boxes” and fires “.50 caliber” bullets.
“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,” Jackson-Lee declared. “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.”
“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
An AR-15 weighs somewhere between 7-9 pounds. and uses .223 caliber bullets, as Howerton pointed out in a follow-up tweet.
More importantly, he highlighted the fact that Lee represents the people looking to regulate firearms in America.
“They know nothing,” Howerton tweeted. “To say the ignorance is astounding and terrifying is an understatement. Is it ignorance? Or is it malevolence? I have a hard time believing someone who WRITES LAWS could be this misinformed. Unreal.”
For my non-gun peeps, claiming an AR-15 shoots .50 caliber bullets is as asinine as saying your car runs on orange juice.
Also, an AR-15 generally weighs somewhere between 7-9 pounds. So if 10 of your moving boxes weight 9 pounds, you’re really doing it wrong.
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) September 23, 2019
As for the difference between a .50 caliber and a .223 caliber bullet… well, they’re practically the same size:
you can see how she got it wrong though. Basically the same. pic.twitter.com/MxSKB0X5cT
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) September 23, 2019
Jackson-Lee made the asinine comment while speaking with reporters, saying that Democrats in the House need to start “flooding” the Senate with gun-control bills to stir Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., into action.
“I don’t know what else it takes,” she said. “But I don’t believe we can stop at the door of the United States House.”
The lawmaker co-sponsored three bills “designed to stem the tide of gun violence.”
The National Rifle Association wasted little time reacting to remarks from the ill-informed Democrat.
“It is unfortunate that someone as ill-informed as [Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee] will be holding a hearing on Wednesday to determine how she can further restrict our rights,” read a tweet from the NRA.
It is unfortunate that someone as ill-informed as Rep. Sheila @JacksonLeeTX18 will be holding a hearing on Wednesday to determine how she can further restrict our rights. pic.twitter.com/7BrUdbg2UD
— NRA (@NRA) September 24, 2019
There was a mad scramble on social media to locate this mythical AR-15 that fires a .50 caliber round by those eager to purchase it.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
I live in Houston. I’m sorry about Sheila Jackson Lee, and her unfounded views on guns. We found the AR-15 they handed her. pic.twitter.com/nbS3xmdQqI
— Michael Berry (@MichaelBerrySho) September 23, 2019
I don’t own an AR 15, but if you come across one that shoots .50 caliber bullets, pick one up for me and I’ll venmo you the cash!https://t.co/XvZdJygRbR
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) September 23, 2019
My word, I think even the most ardent supporters of gun control listened to this and figured that it can’t be right.
At least, I would hope so.
— Charles Bellows (@charles_bellows) September 23, 2019
Where can I legally buy this AR-15 weighing 400 lbs that fires 50 cal
— Razor (@hale_razor) September 23, 2019
— nortouQ (@nortouQ) September 23, 2019
Someone should ask her if an AR-15 is as heavy as that envelope she slipped Michael Bromwich last year.
— Scott Rooney (@maverick262) September 23, 2019
She has never done a single, positive thing for America. How in the world does some who graduated from Yale and has a JD who cannot put a sentence together serve 24 years in Congress?! COS – term limits
— Michael Murray⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@redtexsin) September 24, 2019
We here in Houston, where her district is, do not understand how she keeps getting voted in. Been so many good Dems that have ran against her in the primary, but always loose to “The Queen”
— Lord Bob XIII (@LloydGraham7) September 24, 2019
This is the lib genius who said this as well——( You can take her words to the bank——-but it will bounce!) pic.twitter.com/Y7Fzn9xMmK
— David Arcano (@wwwbighag) September 24, 2019
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