Ben Carson lost me a long time ago, when he made this blunder of a statement in 2013 on the Glenn Beck program. Today, he’s doubling down.
Essentially, he used his lack of “political experience” to explain why he thought people in urban/populated areas should be prohibited from having semi-automatic weapons – but not people in “rural areas”.

While attempting to walk this foolish statement back, Carson said, “Early on, when I entered the political arena and I was asked the question about guns, I didn’t know at that time that you always start that off by saying how important the Second Amendment is and that you will never compromise that”.
This statement is almost as idiotic. A caveat does not cleanse or absolve you from making incorrect, egregious statements. This type of relativism is typical of politicians today and is sadly pervasive in our culture.
Not educating himself on such a vital topic, before going on a nationally syndicated program, then following up with such a weak-ass excuse, shows a fundamental lack of good judgement in Ben Carson.
My negative gut instincts about Carson were validated at that moment – and a few times since then.
Well….flash forward to today, November 20, 2015.
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