So, this just happened at the Democratic debate. While talking gun control and manufacturer liability, Hillary Clinton said the semi-automatic and fully legal “AR-15” used by Adam Lanza to murder 20 kids and 6 adults and the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT was an “automatic weapon.”

Watch:

One of the most powerful moments @HillaryClinton has had in a #DemDebate so far. pic.twitter.com/nBnswzLsKy — Matt Wilstein (@TheMattWilstein) March 7, 2016

Facts matter, Hillary. Automatic weapons are, for the most part, illegal and it would be nice if a politician knew what he or she was talking about on guns:

@HillaryClinton AR15 NOT a AUTOMATIC Rifle it's Simi – Automatic must Pull the Trigger each Time to Fire the Rifle. pic.twitter.com/AWxbMqBADo — Bill Curlett (@billinwaco) March 7, 2016

Factcheck @HillaryClinton: an AR15 is not an automatic weapon. #DemDebate — Kelly Maher (@okmaher) March 7, 2016

Will someone please call out @HillaryClinton for suggesting an AR15 is an automatic weapon?! #DemDebate — Nicholas James (@rodrignj) March 7, 2016

Just sayin' Hillary the AR15 isn't an automatic weapon… If you're going to appeal to emotion by all means do it honestly. — Tom Dykes (@tom_dykes) March 7, 2016

@HillaryClinton ar15 is not an automatic weapon. Those are already illegal — T.H. Buck (@06bucknasty) March 7, 2016

When people call an AR15 a fully automatic firearm it hurts my soul ? *cough cough Clinton* — Zachary Williams (@ZaChilliams) March 7, 2016

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