Posted on 06/13/2016 11:43:20 AM PDT by george76
Florida Rep. Alan Grayson used the aftermath of Sunday’s Islamic terror attack to claim AR-15 semi-automatic rifles can fire 700 rounds per minute.
Security guard Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded over 50 others during an attack on a gay nightclub — the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Mr. Grayson, a Democrat, was asked about the massacre and soon turned his attention to the AR-15 rifle.
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“If [Mr. Mateen] was not able to buy a weapon that shoots off 700 rounds in a minute, a lot of those people would still be alive,” the congressman said. “If somebody like him had nothing worse to deal with than a Glock pistol … he might have killed three or four people and not 50. It’s way too easy to kill people in America today, and we have to think long and hard about what to do about that.”
CNN’s Erin Burnett then replied, “You’re right about that.”
Conrad Close, the conservative editor in chief of American Crossroads, then offered $50,000 to the charity of Mr. Grayson’s choice if he accomplish the feat,
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What an ignoramus.
what an ignoramus!
My finger is not that fast...../s
Like in Paris France?
Oh yeah. Well, I say it can fire a million rounds a minute.
So I win
Yea, but many will believe him.
If a couple of those homosexuals had their own guns perhaps things would have been a tad different. In a hetero club that doesn’t have a magnetic screener at the door it is a safe bet that in a crowd of that size more than one or two will be armed, gunfree zone notwithstanding, with or without a carry permit.
>> the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
Second worst. The US Government still holds the record for Wounded Knee.
This lying piece of crap. I cannot shoot 700 rounds a minute. Damn stupid Democrat.
If [Mr. Mateen] was not able to buy a weapon that shoots off 700 rounds in a minute, a lot of those people would still be alive,”
CNN’s Erin Burnett then replied, “You’re right about that.”
Dumb and Dumber.
I think Grayson is confusing the AR-15 with his fists.
I mean it was Latin night. It was not a gay club the night it got attacked. The problem was the screen, not the sexual preference of the people in the club - especially not that particular night when it was a co-ed hetero crowd.
an M4 (operated by a government agent) will fire a 700+ rounds/min, but not a civilian owned AR.
And it has a magazine that never empties. I’ve seen them before on TV. Sgt. Saunders’ tommy gun had one in the TV series “Combat.”
That’d be one tired finger.
Now I really want one, but I’ll have to sell the house for ammo.
Wow! I want one!
A magazine that would be able to hold 700 rounds might make the AR a little cumbersome to shoot./s
LOL
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