Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann revealed on Thursday that the AR-15 assault rifle was her favorite gun.
During a WHO-AM radio interview, Bachmann told host Jan Mickelson that she had planned to go pheasant hunting with Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Friday.
"I'm a pretty good shot," the candidate admitted. "I learned how to hunt here in Iowa from my dad. I went through gun safety when I was 12."
"My favorite gun is an AR-15 because you can be so accurate with it," she explained. "And I scored the best in my class of any of the men too."
"The AR-15, that's a combat weapon?" Mickelson asked.
"I love it," Bachmann declared. "It's a great gun."
"It can be made automatic, but it's a semi-automatic .222," Mickelson said.
"I like being accurate and that is a great gun," Bachmann insisted.
"Accurate and apparently lots of firepower and many, many shots," Mickelson noted. "How big is your magazine?"
"You really want to know?" Bachmann asked with a nervous laugh, adding that all of her equipment was legal.
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