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>> the first that i ever purchased in terms of long guns was a shotgun and ended up getting an ar-15. in fact, that is what women -- that's the most popular home defense rifle for women in the united states of america. i don't want anyone to have their right to be able to defend themselves denied. there are adults at 20 years old. i want them to protect themselves. >> 20-year-old women need ar-15s, congressman. >> look, i would say i don't want anybody to have the right to defend themselves in the way they see fit denied either. our second amendment is an unimpeachable god-given right to defen...

Team. >> okay. and what caliber bullets does it shoot? >> the 556 rounds linked together, just like this. >> okay, so it's automatic. >> yes, ma'am. can we see how badly i did on this one? can we pull that target in? >> yes. >> see, on this one, i wasn't aiming there. i was actually aiming right there. >> the s.a.w. machine gun is something i fired after somebody was kind enough to lift it up and put it into place for me and i hunched over it like a hobbit and squeezed the trigger. that is not the kind of gun i would just be able to carry it around. i would certainly not with able to carry it ...

Team. >> okay. and what caliber bullets does it shoot? >> the 556 rounds linked together, just like this. >> okay, so it's automatic. >> yes, ma'am. can we see how badly i did on this one? can we pull that target in? >> yes. >> see, on this one, i wasn't aiming there. i was actually aiming right there. >> the s.a.w. machine gun is something i fired after somebody was kind enough to lift it up and put it into place for me and i hunched over it like a hobbit and squeezed the trigger. that is not the kind of gun i would just be able to carry it around. i would certainly not with able to carry it ...

There are a lot of different types of machine guns. this is one machine gun that gets used now in active duty in the u.s. military. it's called a s.a.w., stands for squad automatic weapon. one thing to know about the squaw automatic weapon is that it's really freaking heavy. the reason i know it's heavy is because i have fired one. i know that seems very unlikely, but it's true. i was terrible at it. >> what is this larger weapon? >> this is the m-249 s.a.w.. >> m-249. >> s.a.w. stands for squad automatic weapon. does the job very well. real heavy, a lot of support. it will -- fairly easy to s...

The s.a.w. machine gun, the weight of that thing may be helpful context for understanding this. >> i carry the s.a.w. for about three days. and i was like, okay, i need somebody to take this for me. i and went to every single person just in the line, no order, and they're like, no, i'm really tired, too, i'm broken, and as soon as i went to ranger greist, she wanted it from me. she basically took it away from me. so nine guys were like, i'm too broken, i'm too tired. she just as broken and tired took it from me, like, almost excitement. i thought she was crazy for that. maybe she was just moti...