Carson: Losing gun rights more 'devastating' than dead body

[darnkatz]

OMG.   

Carson: Losing Gun Rights Is More 'Devastating' Than Bullet-Ravaged Body

Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said Monday in a Q&A on Facebook that he had not seen a body with bullet holes "more devastating" than it would be to take away the right to bear arms.

On Facebook, a commenter Carson identified as Dan, asked the doctor whether his stance on gun rights had wavered following the community college mass shooting in Oregon.

"He wants to know if the tragedy has altered my position as a supporter of the Second Amendment," Carson wrote.

Noting that he had grown up in "the slums of Detroit," where he saw gun violence and, as a doctor, he had spent "many a night pulling bullets out of bodies," Carson said, "There is no doubt that this senseless violence is breathtaking — but I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away."

Here's Carson's full Facebook post:

[IIOY]

Someone finally just straight up said it.

[cookiemdough]

He is a robot.

[redheadbaker]

Christ on a cracker. Those were PEOPLE. With families and friends that loved them. They are more important than a goddamn gun.

[pixy0stix]

He killed off all his emotions.

[ECB]

OM FUCKING GOD.

[dawnzersong]

www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/politics/ben-carson-guns-hold-up-popeyes/

Washington (CNN)GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson recounted Wednesday a story about being held at gunpoint, amid backlash over comments he made about the Oregon community college shooting in which he suggested victims of the shooting could have done more to fight back.



"I have had a gun held on me when I was in a Popeye's organization" in Baltimore, the retired neurosurgeon told Karen Hunter on Sirius XM Radio, referring to the fried chicken fast-food chain.



"Guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs. And I just said, 'I believe that you want the guy behind the counter,'" Carson.



The presidential hopeful's telling of the encounter is at odds with a controversial answer he gave on Tuesday when asked about how he would respond to a potential gunman by Fox News' "Fox and Friends" host Brian Kilmeade.



"Not only would I probably not cooperate with him, I would not just stand there and let him shoot me. I would say, 'Hey, guys, everybody attack him! He may shoot me but he can't get us all,'" Carson had said.



Carson's latest comments come as backlash has grown in response to his "Fox and Friends" interview.



Mathew Downing, who survived the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon after being dramatically spared by the gunman, criticized Carson's answer on Wednesday.



"I'm fairly upset he said that. Nobody could truly understand what actions they would take like that in a situation unless they lived it," he told CNN via Facebook.



The GOP presidential candidate has clarified the remarks he made on Fox News, saying Tuesday night on that network that he was "not judging (the shooting victims) at all."

[josieposy]

I am totally baffled by this guy.

[darnkatz]

Oct 8, 2015 9:02:50 GMT -5 dawnzersong said:

"Guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs. And I just said, 'I believe that you want the guy behind the counter,'" Carson.

He's a fucking coward. 

[Velar Fricative]

Congratulations Ben Carson, somehow you've made me almost forget about crazy Donald Trump.

[earlgreyhot]

I am now convinced that Carson is a sociopath.

edit: like not the ones who like to murder people, the ones that have no empathy

[ECB]

Oct 8, 2015 9:05:46 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I am totally baffled by this guy.

And I'm baffled by the people who support him.

And I just DO NOT understand why the right to bare arms is more important than the right to life.

[sushi]

Oct 8, 2015 9:18:20 GMT -5 earlgreyhot said:

I am now convinced that Carson is a sociopath.

edit: like not the ones who like to murder people, the ones that have no empathy

This could make sense. And it may even be an excellent quality for a neurosurgeon. He can focus on the exact job and not worry that there's a person's life at stake.

[Deleted]

Fuck you, Ben Carson. There are parents in Newtown who had to identify their children by their clothing because parts of their faces were missing. So fuck right off with that, you son of a bitch.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I'm curious if this fool even owns a gun.

[ttt]

This is just a whole new level of selling your soul.

[MrsAxilla]

Oct 8, 2015 9:21:12 GMT -5 ECB said:

Oct 8, 2015 9:05:46 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I am totally baffled by this guy.

And I'm baffled by the people who support him.

And I just DO NOT understand why the right to bare arms is more important than the right to life.

Well, the right to bear arms is actually in the Bill of Rights, whereas the right to life is merely in the preamble, and no one actually reads that!  Now, the right to bare arms isn't listed anywhere.  No one wants to see your ashy elbows!!  Lol.

[FloFTW]

This whole thing literally makes me nauseated.

[ECB]

Oct 8, 2015 10:29:36 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Oct 8, 2015 9:21:12 GMT -5 ECB said:

And I'm baffled by the people who support him.

And I just DO NOT understand why the right to bare arms is more important than the right to life.

Well, the right to bear arms is actually in the Bill of Rights, whereas the right to life is merely in the preamble, and no one actually reads that!  Now, the right to bare arms isn't listed anywhere.  No one wants to see your ashy elbows!!  Lol.

EVERY time I write that out, I always think "it's not BARE" and then this time I did it....  LOL.

And yes, I know that it's in the Bill of Rights, but it's just the overall concept that owning a GUN is  more important to people than the lives of the many people killed needlessly by guns.   

[2doxies]

Oct 8, 2015 8:43:32 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Someone finally just straight up said it.

True. And maybe it's time to ask this question to all of the other candidates, including Dems.

[ESF]

I'm kind of dying over the fact that that outrageous sentence is followed by "Serious people seek serious solutions."

[nursewife]

Oct 8, 2015 9:18:20 GMT -5 earlgreyhot said:

I am now convinced that Carson is a sociopath.

edit: like not the ones who like to murder people, the ones that have no empathy

I'm in total agreeable. There are many surgeons that are sociopaths. This guy really scares me. 

[ESF]

Oct 8, 2015 9:05:46 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I am totally baffled by this guy.

Right?

He is truly the most perplexing individual in politics. I just don't get it.

[nursewife]

I'm sad for his prior patients and those families right now. I can't imagine the hurt those words would especially cause them.

[MrsAxilla]

Oct 8, 2015 10:34:48 GMT -5 ECB said:

Oct 8, 2015 10:29:36 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Well, the right to bear arms is actually in the Bill of Rights, whereas the right to life is merely in the preamble, and no one actually reads that!  Now, the right to bare arms isn't listed anywhere.  No one wants to see your ashy elbows!!  Lol.

EVERY time I write that out, I always think "it's not BARE" and then this time I did it....  LOL.

And yes, I know that it's in the Bill of Rights, but it's just the overall concept that owning a GUN is  more important to people than the lives of the many people killed needlessly by guns.   

I know you know that. I was trying to be funny, but it's hard before my first pot of coffee!  
  

[cookiemdough]

He is killing his own legacy

[summer]

I actually hate Ben Carson right now. Some of these people have JUST buried their family members. Asshole. Hate him.

[josieposy]

Oct 8, 2015 10:53:26 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

He is killing his own legacy

This is kinda what I wonder about too. Is he ever again going to be well known for his accomplishments after this election is over?

[Deleted]

I think whoever said he might be a sociopath is right on. How do you look at a dead body and think "Welp, sucks for you, but at least I get to keep my guns"?

[ECB]

Oct 8, 2015 10:59:10 GMT -5 josieposy said:

Oct 8, 2015 10:53:26 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

He is killing his own legacy

This is kinda what I wonder about too. Is he ever again going to be well known for his accomplishments after this election is over?

I don't see how. I really don't.  When he first started to pop on the political landscape, I thought "Oh, huh - interesting.  He's darn smart" and being SO respected in Baltimore, I had good thoughts at first.

But now?  He's making a mockery of his legacy.  He just seems DUMB to me now and I've lost ALL respect.  I can't reconcile that this is the same Ben Carson who was the revered neurosurgeon.