It’s refreshing to see something entertaining come out of the Ferguson mess. Thank you, Don Lemon:
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/502457465192316928
Partial transcript:
Ben Ferguson: The law says that you and I can’t just randomly go out and buy an automatic weapon, so let’s deal with the facts here. A semiautomatic weapon is gun that you and I are allowed to own, and in different places they have different rules. But to imply that anyone can walk out and buy an automatic weapon is just not true, Don.
Don Lemon: What do you mean anyone can’t wa— Listen, during the theater shooting in Colorado, I was able to go and buy an automatic weapon, and I, you know, have maybe shot a gun, three, four times in my life. I don’t even live in Colorado. I think most people can go out and buy an automatic weapon. I don’t understand your argument there.
According to Lemon, this is all about “semantics.”
@lachlan Please, you’re just getting into semantics here…
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) August 21, 2014
OK, buddy.
Painful to watch RT @lachlan: .@donlemon doesn't know what an automatic weapon is https://t.co/awEcUS4z76 …
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) August 21, 2014
Au contraire. We quite enjoyed ourselves.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/502457845242404865
https://twitter.com/dpleasant/status/502459163176632320
Annnnd back to zero we go!
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Update:
Don Lemon has a message for all the people out there mocking his incompetence:
https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/502494074751160320
Let’s hear it from Lemon:
https://twitter.com/kswinburne/status/502472936947978240
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@kswinburne it's a distraction
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) August 21, 2014
Crappy journalism isn’t a distraction, pal. It’s just crappy journalism.
https://twitter.com/michi83/status/502481481428504576
@donlemon @kswinburne I'd say that sums it up perfectly for you, Don. Facts = Distraction. Now we know, thanks.
— LOL! (@HG_Pennypacker) August 21, 2014
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Update:
Lemonsplaining:
Don Lemon: I misspoke when I confused semi-automatic and automatic guns http://t.co/3UP9YRqM0e pic.twitter.com/xNuxa7naJ0
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 21, 2014
From Talking Points Memo:
But Lemon didn’t exactly seem humbled by his pratfall. In an email to TPM on Thursday, he chalked up his error to a simple verbal slip and insisted that he does indeed know the difference between automatic and semi-automatic guns. His central point about access to weapons, he argued, still stands.
I mis-spoke in our discussion of guns with Ben Ferguson … I do know the difference between a semi and automatic weapon. And it doesn’t change the point I was making – that sales are through the roof and we as a nation should decide if that’s a good thing or not.
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