According To The NRA, First Lady Michelle Obama’s Gun Critics Are ‘Novices’

The conservative media has spent several days tin-foiling over an interview that First Lady Michelle Obama gave to ABC News’ Good Morning America on Tuesday, in which she referred to the weapon that killed Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton as an “automatic.” The reference did not appear on the air, but was included in the online transcript, which led conservatives to theorize that ABC News was “carrying water” for Mrs. Obama by editing her “ignorant” comment. According to the National Rifle Association, however, the First Lady’s use of the term was legitimate, and her critics (including Fox “hard news” anchor Megyn Kelly) are the ignorant ones.

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Don’t take my word for it, however. Just ask NRA certified handgun instructor Carrie Lightfoot:

AUTOMATIC – A firearm designed to feed cartridges, fire them, eject their empty cases and repeat this cycle as long as the trigger is depressed and cartridges remain in the feed system. Examples: machine guns, submachine guns, selective-fire rifles, including true assault rifles. A fully automatic firearm is capable of sequentially firing two or more cartridges with a single pull of the trigger. A fully automatic firearm is also called a machine gun.

Automatic can also refer to a semi-automatic firearm.

And here’s what the National Rifle Association says about the term:



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If Fox News is interested in maintaining the “hard news” veneer of its dayside programming, they owe Mrs. Obama a correction, and an apology.

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