Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson has a pretty large following in Colorado, where conservative Republicans have regularly voted him #1 on straw polls in advance of the 2016 Presidential election. We won’t go into detail here about why Carson is so popular among Colorado Republicans, but we do wonder why anyone could support a Presidential candidate who is this obtuse. From the New York Times:
Ben Carson defended his position on Tuesday that tougher gun control measures would not curb violence and said that he would have been more aggressive in the face of a shooter than the victims of last week’s attack in Oregon.
The remarks on Fox News came a week after a gunman entered a community college classroom in Oregon and opened fire on students after asking them to say if they were Christians. Mr. Carson, a Republican presidential candidate who has been rising in recent polls, said that if he were in the classroom he would have handled things differently.
“Not only would I probably not cooperate with him, I would not just stand there and let him shoot me,” Mr. Carson said, explaining that he would defend his faith at any cost. “I would say: ‘Hey, guys, everybody attack him! He may shoot me but he can’t get us all.’”
Uh, yeah. It’s easy to play Monday Morning Quarterback about a mass shooting when you aren’t the one standing in front of someone with a gun.
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He might think he's faster than a speeding train, but does he really believe he's faster than a speeding bullet?
He should watch less Rambo movies and more Mythbusters:
And don’t forget that sound travels slower than that bullet, which is why snipers can hit someone before they hear the pop of the gun.
All Carson would need to do is to start talking, and the shooter would instantly fall into a deep sleep.
Found a picture of Ben Carson from the 90s… I think. I can't wait until Ben Carson is President so we can send him to Syria to take out ISIS all by himself.
Kinda racist don't you think?
Why?
No. How would this be racist?
Gee Moddy, how could it be racist? Your buddies on the Supreme Court ruled that racism doesn't exist anymore (if it ever did). Better get your script right and fall back in line!
Why wait?
Lefties jump at the chance to politicize these shootings. What is wrong with what Carson said, really?
On Flight 93, I would have charged the hijackers too. Does that make me wrong in the left's eyes?
Moddy… Not JUST a Keyboard Warrior! A HERO in his own mind, slayer of terrorists, armchair MVP, inductee to the Rockingchair and Rollo Hall of Fame!
He's not talking about Flight 93. He's talking about people with guns.
There, there little modster. Sure you would have. We believe you. Really we do.
Like the time Carson was in a Popeye's in Baltimore and someone stuck a gun in his ribs and Carson said "I believe you want the guy behind the counter." Oops. So much for being the hero.
Here's a link:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/politics/ben-carson-guns-hold-up-popeyes/
Blaming the victims (they didn't fight hard enough, didn't jump soon enough, weren't armed heavily enough, didn't shoot soon enough) for their victimization is despicable.
Carson should know better. He does know better,and if he really doesn't, he's not fit to be President.
It's in the same league as Trump blaming John McCain for being captured. Now, McCain made plenty of mistakes during his military career. However, there isn't any evidence that he got himself captured. It's pure valor-stealing on Trump's part, just as this action-hero fantasizing is pure wishful thinking on Carson's.
Anybody who claims they know what they would do in a life or death situation they've never faced is an idiot. Period.
I guess "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" isn't good enough for Carson and his ilk. Now it's "Guns don't kill people, victims kill themselves."