CNN Pushes Blatant Disinformation for Gun Control in Wake of MN Catholic School Shooting [WATCH]

CNN senior justice correspondent Evan Perez incorrectly described the function of semiautomatic firearms during a live broadcast Wednesday while covering the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.

The shooting occurred during a morning Mass service at the school, leaving at least two children dead and 17 others injured.

As details were still emerging, Perez appeared on “The Situation Room” alongside co-host Pamela Brown to discuss early reports about the weapon involved.

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Brown told viewers that information from local affiliates suggested the shooter may have used a semiautomatic rifle and reloaded multiple times during the attack.

“It was really disturbing to hear what the man we heard from the affiliate said about how long it went on,” Brown said.

“He said there were several minutes. Now, we don’t know if that was just from the shooter or if law enforcement had arrived by then, or the circumstances around that. But he said it sounded like the gun was reloaded several times. It seemed like a rifle, he said, a semiautomatic rifle and it went on for several minutes.”

Perez responded by making a claim about semiautomatic weapons that was not accurate.

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“Right. And look, that’s not, that’s not uncommon as well. These things can shoot dozens of bullets, you know, in just one trigger pull, right?” Perez said.

He added, “And so, what happens in this case is sometimes they have enough time to reload. 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.”

The statement was incorrect.

A semiautomatic firearm discharges only one round per pull of the trigger.

Fully automatic firearms, by contrast, continue to fire as long as the trigger is depressed.

Information explaining this distinction is available on multiple public resources, including the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the National Rifle Association (NRA).

“What has incorrectly been termed an ‘assault weapon’ is a semi-automatic firearm that fires just one bullet with each pull of the trigger (versus a fully automatic firearm — machine gun — which continues to shoot until the trigger is released),” the NSSF said in a published fact sheet.

The NRA similarly explains on its website that fully automatic firearms are strictly regulated under federal law.

According to the NRA, it is illegal to possess a fully automatic firearm that is not registered under the provisions of the National Firearms Act.

The firearm used in the Minneapolis shooting has not yet been identified publicly by law enforcement.

Investigators continue to process the crime scene and review evidence. Officials said more information would be released as soon as it becomes available.

The incident at Annunciation Catholic School adds to a series of high-profile school shootings that have fueled debate nationwide on gun laws, firearms access, and public safety.

As the investigation continues, questions remain about how the shooter carried out the attack and what type of weapon was used.