{"id":28961,"date":"2014-12-16T15:34:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T20:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=28961"},"modified":"2014-12-16T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:31:44","slug":"numbskull-journalist-says-sandy-hook-shooter-automatic-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/numbskull-journalist-says-sandy-hook-shooter-automatic-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbskull Journalist says Sandy Hook Shooter had &#8216;Automatic&#8217; Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_28962\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pic_giant_121514_SM_Mike-Lupica.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"numbskull-journalist-says-sandy-hook-shooter-automatic-weapon\" title=\"Numbskull Journalist says Sandy Hook Shooter had 'Automatic' Weapon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28962\" title=\"Numbskull Journalist says Sandy Hook Shooter had 'Automatic' Weapon\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pic_giant_121514_SM_Mike-Lupica-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Lupica, not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to guns.  Yet, he wants to advise us on what we should and should not have when it comes to self-defense.  (Photo: National Review)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pic_giant_121514_SM_Mike-Lupica-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pic_giant_121514_SM_Mike-Lupica-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/pic_giant_121514_SM_Mike-Lupica.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Lupica, not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to guns. Yet, he wants to advise us on what firearms we should and should not have when it comes to self-defense. (Photo: National Review)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yeah, so it happened yet again. Another anti-gun zealot displayed his ignorance when talking about firearms. Well, it&#8217;s either extreme ignorance or a deliberate attempt to confuse the public by conflating semiautomatic rifles, like the widely popular and commonly owned AR-15, with fully automatic weapons like the military&#8217;s M16, which are prohibitively expensive and highly restricted NFA-regulated items.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News had to say about the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/america-continues-protect-gun-nuts-sandy-hook-article-1.2044666\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"numbskull-journalist-says-sandy-hook-shooter-automatic-weapon\" title=\"Numbskull Journalist says Sandy Hook Shooter had 'Automatic' Weapon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">past Sunday<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The flyers on the table feature a picture of a beautiful, smiling girl with a pink bow in her hair, with Christmas and her whole life ahead of her until Adam Lanza walked into her school on a Friday morning with an automatic weapon \u2014 the kind of gun we are told must be protected or the Second Amendment is turned into a dishrag \u2014 and started shooting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nope. Wrong! Adam Lanza did not have an &#8220;automatic&#8221; weapon. He had a semiautomatic rifle, a Bushmaster XM15-E2S, and a semiautomatic handgun, a Glock 20SF, according to investigators. No automatic weapon was used in the commission of that terrible tragedy.\u00a0And gun grabbers\u00a0wonder why we don&#8217;t take them seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Some advice: Mr. Lupica, get your facts straight! Get to the range and get some firsthand experience with firearms. Know what it is you&#8217;re talking about before you start advising the rest of us on what firearms we\u00a0should and shouldn&#8217;t have when it comes to protecting ourselves, our families and our property. Otherwise, you just look like an ignorant boob.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this, Charles C.W. Cooke wrote a great response piece called &#8220;Why Gun-Control Advocates Lie About Guns.&#8221; Check it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/394727\/why-gun-control-advocates-lie-about-guns-charles-c-w-cooke\/page\/0\/1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"numbskull-journalist-says-sandy-hook-shooter-automatic-weapon\" title=\"Numbskull Journalist says Sandy Hook Shooter had 'Automatic' Weapon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another journalist is caught confusing semiautomatic rifles with automatic weapons.   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