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Ben Carson: ‘I Never Saw a Body with Bullet Holes That Was More Devastating’ Than Taking Away 2nd...
CNS News ^ | 10/6/15 | Melanie Hunter

Posted on 10/06/2015 1:26:58 PM PDT by markomalley

In a post on his Facebook page Monday night, GOP presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson said he “never saw a body with bullet holes more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away."

In response to a question from a supporter named Dan, who asked him how the tragedy in Oregon has altered his position as a Second Amendment supporter, Carson wrote, “Dan, I grew up in the slums of Detroit. I saw plenty of gun violence as a child. Both of my cousins were killed on the streets. As a Doctor, I spent many a night pulling bullets out of bodies.”

“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,” Carson added.

“Serious people seek serious solutions. The Left would prefer to use these tragedies to advance a political agenda. To me, that is also devastatingly sad. The Left would have you believe that a man that asked Christians to stand up (and then executed them one by one) would obey ‘new gun laws’. That kind of logic explains many of the problems we find ourselves in today,” he wrote.

Five people were killed on Thursday when 26-year-old Christopher Harper-Mercer opened fire on classrooms at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. According to witness reports, Harper-Mercer asked his victims whether they were Christians and then shot his victims.

“He said, ‘Good, because you’re a Christian, you’re going to see God in just about one second,'” the father of one witness, Stacy Boylan, told CNN, relaying his daughter’s account while she underwent surgery to treat a gunshot to her spine, the Washington Post reported. “And then he shot and killed them.”

Autumn Vicari described what her brother J.J. witnessed during the shooting.

According to NBC: “Vicari said at one point the shooter told people to stand up before asking whether they were Christian or not. Vicari’s brother told her that anyone who responded ‘yes’ was shot in the head. If they said ‘other’ or didn’t answer, they were shot elsewhere in the body, usually the leg.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; bencarson
Full headline: Ben Carson: ‘I Never Saw a Body with Bullet Holes That Was More Devastating’ Than Taking Away 2nd Amendment Rights
1 posted on 10/06/2015 1:26:58 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Except in cities.


2 posted on 10/06/2015 1:28:56 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("Those who know the least obey the best."- George Farquhar)
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To: Politicalkiddo

Exactly, he is trying to flip flop on this.


3 posted on 10/06/2015 1:33:03 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: markomalley
“Serious people seek serious solutions. The Left would prefer to use these tragedies to advance a political agenda. To me, that is also devastatingly sad. The Left would have you believe that a man that asked Christians to stand up (and then executed them one by one) would obey ‘new gun laws’. That kind of logic explains many of the problems we find ourselves in today,” he wrote.

Soft spoken and right on Bro.

4 posted on 10/06/2015 1:34:24 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: markomalley

He’s a gun grabber flip flopper that talks like he’s wrote his own presciption for heavy meds( talks real sloooow) and blinks like he’s about to have a seizure. Not voting for him.


5 posted on 10/06/2015 1:34:42 PM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: markomalley

And this little tidbit about the good doctor...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3345281/posts


6 posted on 10/06/2015 1:35:21 PM PDT by rrrod (Jhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3343827/reply?c=1ust an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: markomalley

Look at the INNOCENT bodies in the UNPROTECTED government sponsored “gun free” kill zones.


7 posted on 10/06/2015 1:36:00 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: markomalley

He has flip flopped on this MANY times.

Love him, but cant trust him on this big one.


8 posted on 10/06/2015 1:40:18 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Politicalkiddo
Except in cities.

Dude's hopeless. Now that he has time to think a non-medical thought, he engages his mouth immediately and blurts it out. He eventually finds his way back to a position that would allow him to keep his support. The no semi-auto weapons in cities position was a doozy. Put him right in the frame with a long tradition of Jim Crow democrats. What a mess he is.

9 posted on 10/06/2015 1:41:35 PM PDT by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: markomalley
Good for Dr Ben!

Herr Barack Obamadon adding more anti gun rules.


10 posted on 10/06/2015 1:55:19 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Pass the popcorn, set back/watch the Russians destroy Isis in Syria and Iran doing the same in Iraq)
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To: MARKUSPRIME

oooooo... so who do you support?


11 posted on 10/06/2015 2:13:10 PM PDT by rusureitflies? (Not much to say, yet.)
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To: markomalley

So, basically, according to the Doctor’s assessment, there was no senseless violence before the invention of the gun.

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Guns do not cause the violence, Doctor. No more than if the perps used knives or bows & arrows or spears or rocks or IEDs.

Remove guns and they will revert to knives, bows & arrows, spears, rocks, IEDs to perform their violence.


12 posted on 10/06/2015 2:18:19 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Politicalkiddo

“Except in cities.”

Except in “high-crime” areas.

If goobermunt then says there is “high-crime”

in AmeriKa then NO right to “keep and bear arms”.

For those that don’t understand that words have

meaning...here is a picture:

http://grossmanproject.net/images/Einsatzgruppen2.jpg

http://right180.com/2015/09/13/ben-carson-to-beck-you-have-no-right-to-semi-automatic-weapons-in-large-cities


13 posted on 10/06/2015 2:20:50 PM PDT by DavidLSpud ("Go and sin no more"-Rejoice always, pray continually...)
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To: markomalley
never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away

Unless you happen to live in a city - then he's not so sure...

14 posted on 10/06/2015 3:04:05 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: rusureitflies?

Not blinky


15 posted on 10/06/2015 3:33:46 PM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Gator113

Exactly, he is trying to flip flop on this.


Nah, he’s just pulling a Trump.


16 posted on 10/06/2015 3:37:25 PM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: markomalley
Shut up Rino and go back to where you came from. I'd go for a Trump/ Allen West ticket, BUT ALLEN WEST YOU AIN'T!
17 posted on 10/06/2015 4:09:25 PM PDT by patriot08 (4th geneneration Texam (girl type))
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