Fox News Host Schools Jesse Jackson: Dallas Gun Can’t ‘Bring Down an Airplane’

Scott Whitlock | July 11, 2016
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[See NewsBusters for more.] When Jesse Jackson on Sunday tried to tell Fox News viewers that the Dallas shooter used an “AK-47,” the type of gun that could “bring down airplanes,” Fox News host Shannon Bream quickly rebuffed these erroneous claims. Jackson appeared on Fox News Sunday to lobby for more gun control, arguing, “[we] must do more with these military-style weapons on the street.” He told Bream, “But in Texas, these AK-47s, not only can they shoot up theaters and churches, they can bring down airplanes.” The Fox host retorted, “With all respect, if reports are correct the shooter in Texas was using an AR-15, it's not an automatic weapon, it couldn't bring down an airplane.”

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