Ben Carson: 'Body With Bullet Holes' Preferable to Gun Control

[Miles Archer]

Ben Carson: 'Body With Bullet Holes' Preferable to Gun Control

If you're ever the victim of a gunshot wound, surely you'd rather have a highly successful surgeon like Ben Carson working to save your life than a writer like me.

But when it comes to preventing bodies from being riddled with bullets in the first place, trust me when I say you don't want Carson anywhere near the policy-making apparatus of the United States.

Carson took to Facebook Monday night to answer a question about whether the recent mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, changed his thoughts about the Second Amendment.

"There is no doubt that this senseless violence is breathtaking," Carson wrote, "but I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ben-carson-body-with-bullet-holes-preferable-to-gun-control-20151006

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. LOL, oh my god.....

Sad, but really I have to laugh.....

[TwilightGardener]

2. Pretty sure if the body riddled with holes was his wife or child he might feel differently.

What an asshole.

[marym625]

3. OH.MY.FUCKING.DOG!

That's quite disgusting

[brush]

56. Hope the Dems are stashing this statement away for ads in case . . .

this a-hole gets the repug nomination.

[villager]

4. One of the most honest pro-gun sentiments ever uttered!

[hifiguy]

5. This guy is proof that do-it-yourself brain surgery is a bad idea.

Especially when you do it with a ball-peen hammer and a wood chisel.

[DebJ]

42. Haha haha good one!

[Rex]

6. 'The violence is breathtaking' did he really say that?

breath·tak·ing
ˈbreTHˌtākiNG/Submit
adjective
astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away.
"the scene was one of breathtaking beauty"
synonyms: spectacular, magnificent, wonderful, awe-inspiring, awesome, astounding, astonishing, amazing, stunning, incredible; More

[Qutzupalotl]

13. I wish the victims were still "breath taking."

[tanyev]

7. It just gets harder and harder to believe that this guy was such a respected doctor.

[thecrow]

52. Why is it

that he stopped doctoring?

[grntuscarora]

8. A sick, sick puppy.

Horrifying to imagine him as POTUS--it's the stuff nightmares are made of.

[Doctor_J]

9. This will make an excellent campaign ad for the ge.

Keep the nuttery coming, folks

[bullwinkle428]

10. A FUCKING DOCTOR.

[stage left]

11. Ben Carson may be a brilliant surgeon

but he's not much of a human being.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

12. After reading his views on science, I question his abilities as a doctor.

I would NOT let him operate on me.

[Skittles]

41. something is off

listening to him makes you wonder how he was ever capable at ANY job

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Too Close To The Anesthesiologist?

Breathed in too much nitrous? Got stuck with the barbitol needle?

[darkangel218]

53. Brilliant surgeon?

Far from it :http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3264044/Ben-Carson-sued-malpractice-six-times-including-girl-suffered-facial-disfigurement-woman-claimed-left-SPONGE-skull.html

[odd_duck]

14. 'Body With Bullet Holes' Preferable to Gun Control

Wait, that is not 'pro-life' thing to say......

[Act_of_Reparation]

15. Conflict of interest

Surgeons who are paid to stitch up bullet holes no doubt prefer bullet holes to no bullet holes.

[niyad]

16. hey, benny boy, remember a little something called the hippocratic oath? what in the name of

the nine hells is WRONG with you, you hate-filled asshole? you were a DOCTOR--and you can say this??????

[They_Live]

17. He is mentally ill

and spiritually depraved.

[marmar]

18. He acts like a punch-drunk boxer.

[Miles Archer]

21. Hadn't thought of that, but yes...

...it comes off like DeNiro's masterful take of a completely washed-up Jake LaMotta attempting to rhyme in "Raging Bull."

[Rex]

26. He does! What is up with that!?

[frizzled]

19. This is good. He should go further, and say "I don't give a crap if your kids die."

Because that's what they all believe. We need some honesty here.

[renate]

25. welcome to DU!

And well said.

[ck4829]

20. Carson's formulation: "It is better that ten innocents die than one deranged psycho be denied a gun"

Does that sound about right?

[kcr]

22. That's basically what everyone arguing for the right to own guns says

That right trumps bullet hole riddled bodies. All their arguments are attempts at covering up that ugly fact. Many rationalize to themselves it isn't what they're doing and that's why they get ugly when you attempt to point this out. They don't want to see that truth. They want to believe that it's two separate issues. That it's really about mental illness. That it's really about "getting to the root cause" That it's the constitution and not how it's misinterpreted. Then they can believe they're justified.

[ananda]

24. I wonder sometimes what it takes ..

.. for someone to so thoroughly lose their humanity like that.

[leftofcool]

27. Well, this will put him in the #1 spot of the GOP clown car lineup.

[Gothmog]

28. Carson is a nut case

[Jack Rabbit]

29. Thank you for your interest in the open position, Dr. Carson

Please don't call us. We'll call you.

However, we will let you know that you shot yourself in the foot this time.

[retrowire]

38. and

a bullet riddled foot is nowhere as horrible as taking someone's gun away from them.

[joanbarnes]

30. What an AssHat

[rtracey]

31. hmmmm

And you wonder why Johns Hopkins has washed their hands of this guy.

[Miles Archer]

32. Good point...

...if you really are a "gifted surgeon," in my opinion, you perform surgeries until you're 100 and then have 10,000 people attend your funeral while they erect a statue of you in the park.

This guy's not doing that.

[rtracey]

49. no hes not

And, now I am not sure why he stopped, but wouldn't you think a gifted Johns Hopkins renown surgeon would be in demand, if not for surgery, but for teaching? Maybe he has had offers and turned them down....I don't know....

[LibDemAlways]

33. I think there would be more public

outcry and pressure for strict gun control if the media published photos of the victims' bullet ridden bodies -- with family members approval of course. The press sanitizes the aftermath of the slaughter by not publishing such pictures. Photos of the dead children at Sandy Hook might have seared the public conscience enough to shame lawmakers into taking at least baby steps to make changes. The public should not continue to be shielded from the carnage.

[loyalsister]

36. I have thought the same thing

Unfortunately, I doubt it will happen. It would intrude on the "beautiful minds" USAers.

[MasonDreams]

34. Please stop Ben!!! I don't want to take my mom to a doctor now, cause he may be a monster like you.

[TeamPooka]

35. Speak for yourself Ben. nt

[milestogo]

37. ...

[Paper Roses]

39. This guy is sick! n/t

[struggle4progress]

40. There are at least 100000 people in the US annually either killed or needing medical attention

for such bullet holes, so perhaps there's some reason to regard this as a major public health problem.

The cost is substantial, too: on average it seems to be around $17000, with $35000 as a survivor cost and at least $12000 for a fatality.

The insurance companies might be happy to see their costs reduced here

[pinboy3niner]

47. And they would probably LOVE to have a word with Dr. Carson...

[Yallow]

43. Well He Sure Isn't A Rocket Scientist

That's for sure....

[Yallow]

44. Who Will Pay The 229 Billion A Year Gun Violence Costs Ben?

The rest of us of course.

[hay rick]

45. Carson was aiming for funny and wise but...

he hit cruel and stupid. At this point, I think Republican presidential candidates believe they can say anything without fear of consequences... thank you Donald Trump.

[Locrian]

46. pull your head out .....

>>Carson wrote, "but I never saw a body with bullet holes that was more devastating than taking the right to arm ourselves away."

Of course he hasn't. It's hard to see when you have your head up your ass. Or the ass of the NRA - either way....

[NonMetro]

50. I've said It Once, And I'll Say It Again!

Ben Carson oversaw a national prayer breakfast a couple of years ago, and it went straight to his head. Now, this religious nut is running for president (excuse me, I just laughed so hard I swallowed my gum!). Don't say you were not warned if you contunue to allow the prayer breakfast to go on. In case anyone hasn't noticed, the Repiblican Party has a lot more religious nut jobs waiting in the wings - and they all want to be your president!

[kelliekat44]

51. Yes, they all want to be President of a country they say is in decline and government they hate. nt

[pinboy3niner]

54. As a body with bullet holes, I beg to disagree

Mine were from war, but the principle remains. Dr. Carson has no right to speak for the dead and wounded.

[bullwinkle428]

55. Can anyone imagine this guy in the White House and Kevin McCarthy as

Speaker of the House? And we felt embarrassed to be American during the Reagan and Shrub presidencies?

[world wide wally]

57. All hype aside, this may very well be the most despicable thing ever said by a person

seeking to be the President of the United States.

[d_legendary1]

58. This guy is a psychopath!

No sane individual would take a bullet ridden body over the right to own a gun...unless that individual wants bullet ridden bodies to begin with.

[napkinz]

59. disgusting!

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