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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:09 AM Oct 2015

Carson: Loss of Gun Rights 'More Devastating' Than Bullet Wounds

In one of his signature Facebook Q&As Monday night, Ben Carson again weighed in on the Oregon shooting, writing that he had operated on victims of gun violence "but I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away."

Responding to a questioner who asked whether the tragedy had altered his position on the Second Amendment, Carson suggested new gun-control laws wouldn't solve the problem and accused Democrats of "us[ing] these tragedies to advance a political agenda."

In a separate interview with USA Today released Tuesday, Carson suggested that, if he had a child in kindergarten, he would want school security guards - and even possibly that child's teacher - to be armed.

"If the teacher was trained in the use of that weapon and had access to it, I would be much more comfortable if they had one than if they didn't," he said.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/carson-loss-gun-rights-more-devastating-bullet-wounds-n439251

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Carson: Loss of Gun Rights 'More Devastating' Than Bullet Wounds (Original Post) joeybee12 Oct 2015 OP
From the same guy who claimed that the ACA was the worst thing to happen to the US since slavery. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2015 #1
Ben is certifiable... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #3
My cousin thinks he'd make a great President CanonRay Oct 2015 #15
I know someone who does, too... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #16
dumb. ass. spanone Oct 2015 #2
What is wrong with his brain? Glimmer of Hope Oct 2015 #4
I'm glad he's retired... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #6
What is wrong? atreides1 Oct 2015 #9
The source of all misery in the world. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #5
I think that's the NRA's motto...nt joeybee12 Oct 2015 #7
Coming from a Dr., no less??? vankuria Oct 2015 #8
Scary... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #12
What a fucking idiot. GGJohn Oct 2015 #10
He amazes me, though, joeybee12 Oct 2015 #14
I suspect that should Ben Carson have a gunshot wound, he MineralMan Oct 2015 #11
I'm sure his words are a comfort to the parents waiting joeybee12 Oct 2015 #13

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,166 posts)
1. From the same guy who claimed that the ACA was the worst thing to happen to the US since slavery.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:11 AM
Oct 2015

Seriously, Ben, stick to neurosurgery and singing.


Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
5. The source of all misery in the world.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:26 AM
Oct 2015

People who put the welfare of ideas ahead of the welfare of actual humans.

vankuria

(904 posts)
8. Coming from a Dr., no less???
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:30 AM
Oct 2015

What a complete moron, he has no business running for any political office or even being in the public domain. Go away Ben, find something else to do besides pollute our country with your idiocy.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
10. What a fucking idiot.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:34 AM
Oct 2015

Losing one's 2A right is nowhere comparable to being shot.
This moron needs to just GTFA.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
13. I'm sure his words are a comfort to the parents waiting
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:41 AM
Oct 2015

to see if their son or daughter will make it out of surgery alive. What a tool.

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