Carson On Shooting: ‘I Would Not Just Stand There And Let Him Shoot Me’ (VIDEO)

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Normally soft-spoken Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson suggested shooting massacre victims could have banded together to save each other during a Tuesday interview on “Fox & Friends.”

“Not only would I not probably not cooperate with him. I would not just stand there and let him shoot me,” Carson said. “I would say, ‘Hey guys, everybody attack him. He may shoot me, but he can’t get us all.’ “

Carson was asked about his hypothetical behavior as a response to media reports that the shooter in Oregon on Thursday asked people about their religious affiliations before shooting them.

Watch Carson’s interview below. His comments on the Oregon shooting start at the 5-minute mark.

h/t Huffington Post

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