Conservatives Lambast CNN Reporter for Bogus Gun Claim

Conservatives Lambast CNN Reporter for Bogus Semi-Automatic Gun Claim After School Shooting

Sean James Aug 27th, 2025, 1:27 pm

CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez incorrectly claimed semi-automatic guns can “shoot dozens of bullets in just one trigger pull” — and a number of X users were quick to point out his firearm flub.

“These things can shoot dozens of bullets, you know, in just one trigger pull, right? And so what happens in this case is, sometimes they have enough time to to reload,” Perez told Pamela Brown . “It’s one of the most horrific things for students to be sitting there. You saw this in Uvalde, you see this in Newtown, repeatedly, where a shooter has enough time to reload. And the horrific nature of this is, you know, for little kids to be facing this.”

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