“No, Assemblyman,” I responded. “But let me ask you a question: Have you ever been shot at point-blank range by an assault weapon?”
The above was Jackie's response to an unnamed Republican Congressman who attacked her stance on assault rifles by asking her if she'd ever actually shot one, as if that had any bearing on the merits of the issue at hand. Little did he realize that she had nearly lost her life to one at Jonestown.
