Ben Carson Clarifies His Stance on 2nd Amendment, Supports Owning Any Type of Firearm
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Ben Carson seems like a near perfect GOP
candidate for the 2016 presidential race.
Guns Saves Lives
Dan Cannon
Founder & Editor at GunsSaveLives.net
Dan has combined his education and professional
background in technology with his passion for shooting and personal rights to
create one of the most read Second Amendment news websites online. His articles
are also syndicated in The Daily Caller's "Guns and Gear" Section.
Dan has combined his education and professional
background in technology with his passion for shooting and personal rights to
create one of the most read Second Amendment news websites online. His articles
are also syndicated in The Daily Caller's "Guns and Gear" Section.
He’s a world class doctor (one of the best neurosurgeons in the
world to be exact), which could have mass appeal to voters concerned about
healthcare, he has a squeaky clean past (unless you count performing pro-bono,
life saving brain surgery on children as something negative), he’s a Medal of
Freedom recipient (the highest civilian honor an American can earn) and he
would bring many African-American voters back to the GOP.
Not to mention the fact that he’s probably the best fundraiser
in the Republican field. His Super PAC has already raised tens of millions of
dollars for his candidacy, and he hasn’t even announced he’s running yet.
However, to date, one comment has irked conservatives and it
involves guns. Carson previously said:
“It
depends on where you live. If you live in the midst of a lot of people, and I’m
afraid that that semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a
crazy person, I would rather you not have it.”
According to Bloomberg.com, Carson recently clarified his
statements on the Second Amendment:
“There
seemed to be group of people—I don’t know exactly who they are—who seize upon
one part of something that I said,” Carson said on the call, which Bloomberg
Politics was allowed to dial into. “Sometimes people just hear one little thing
and they don’t hear anything else.”
Carson said that he could
have been more precise in his answer to Beck.
“Perhaps
I didn’t convey it appropriately,” he said. “I wanted to convey that, you know,
I’ve lived in urban areas. I’ve worked in urban areas. I’ve seen a lot of
carnage, and I’d prefer a situation where the kinds of weapons that create that
kind of carnage don’t fall to the hands of criminal elements or insane people.
But that is secondary to the desire to always defend the Second Amendment.”
Carson said that
“under no circumstances” would he “allow a bureaucrat to remove any law-abiding
citizen’s rights for any kind of weapon that they want to protect themselves.”
If he
were in a position of national leadership, Carson said he would seek to allow
people to possess any kind of weapon they can legally buy, including “automatic
weapons and semi-automatic weapons.”
With the current Republican
field looking pretty much the same as it has the last 2 election cycles, Carson
may be what the GOP needs to get back into the White House. Do you trust his
clarification on the Second Amendment?
Blog Narrative:
The
discussion starts here as many are harrumphing about on the 2nd
amendment, stating many things that aren’t true.
“He will get
rid of my right to own a weapon for self-defense for my property, community, and country.”
"Dr Carson will eliminate my AR in the city."
Truth is:
Dr. Carson will
focus on those people who are insane enough and criminal enough to use the
right to bear arms against innocent people.
Are you insane, a criminal, or a terrorist? Then you have much to fear from a neighbor who's appropriately armed!
The Right To
Bear Arms is the most important right for the security our land from tyranny. It is
not about self-empowerment over the huddled masses. Gun ownership becomes the most
self-imposing responsibility ever, which one automatically accepts, when buying a gun! Gangsters,
terrorist and crazy people have no concept of responsibility. Everyone should
have a Home Arsenal Safe more like the Swiss people have. A locker built for the defense
of family and of nation. Then go hunting.
The
responsibility is to form a group of like minded citizens who are centered on
protecting our rights and families as a community effort. It becomes a group of
courageous citizens, who form the foundation of our civil security in times of
national conflict. The police can only do so much as they can be easily
overwhelmed during times of trouble. This is not an appeal for a militia but a well organized and trained militia under the partnership with elected law enforcement community is a long ago concept that has been abandoned.
Citizen groups should align with the local
authority supporting its elected and delegated authority for civil security. It is the hope
of every citizen to have the ability to defend its stake with the expectation
of never using arms for its defense during a life time. Without a citizen force
for the defense of its home, a gun less force would be subject to those who
are insane, terrorist or criminals having guns. The police needs to know its
community has its back as the world grows more dangerous. A well organized local militia can answer that call from local officials in times of distress. The national guard is not always handy in emergencies. In fact the National guard members could train a citizen militia for ancillary duty until help arrives.
The police need to
know it cannot usurp the freedoms of its citizens through the dictates of
government. The 2nd Amendment is the lynch pin which holds our
rights intact, and protects our freedoms. Abridge the second amendment and that
lynch pin collapses those freedoms that are giving us our security each day.
Above Dr
Carson’s Quotes settles the American Gun Lobby question once and for all. Obama
is more of a threat to the second amendment in his retirement than Dr. Carson would
be as President. He recognizes its purpose, importance and its place as the underpinning
for preserving the constitution.
Carson said that
“under no circumstances” would he “allow a bureaucrat to remove any law-abiding
citizen’s rights for any kind of weapon that they want to protect themselves.”
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