Former Marine Corps officer and Dem Congressman misleads on 'automatic rifles'

Greg P. | 8:44 AM on June 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/TBCJay/status/742866407193509888

It’s one thing if a celebrity or journalist doesn’t know the difference between a semi-automatic and an automatic rifle, but shouldn’t we expect more from a Congressman?

Especially a Congressman like Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, a Marine Corps captain who served in the Iraq war:

How about grenades or anti-tank rockets? NO!! Because we outlaw these weapons of war. Automatic rifles should be too https://t.co/h81lU6uJUs

— Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) June 14, 2016

Facts no longer matter, apparently:

Automatic rifles have not been manufactured for civilian purchase since 1987, Blue Falcon. https://t.co/WfAKbBc83q

— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) June 15, 2016

Surely an Infantry Officer like yourself knows the difference between automatic and semi-automatic, no? Weird… https://t.co/EfJ8yNLEnd

— Ryder Selmi (@RyderSelmi) June 14, 2016

Rep. Moulton says we’re missing the point:

@AdrianaCohen16 @GregCaseyMA @jahimes ignorant! This was NOT an automatic weapon. It was semi auto just like a handgun 1/2

— Richard Panetta (@RichardPanetta) June 14, 2016

But you're really missing the point, and that much should be obvious.

— Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) June 14, 2016

We talked about universal background checks, banning military-grade assault weapons, and studying the root causes of gun violence.

— Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) June 14, 2016