Carson: I’ve Had A Gun Held On Me And I Told The Guy To Attack Someone Else (AUDIO)

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks in Ankeny, Iowa. Carson says he would have sacrificed his life to help stop last week’s deadly attack in Oregon. But h... FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks in Ankeny, Iowa. Carson says he would have sacrificed his life to help stop last week’s deadly attack in Oregon. But he’s joined the rest of the GOP’s 2016 class in refusing to support new measures to stop mass shootings. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) MORE LESS
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Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said Wednesday that when he had a gun pointed at him, he told the attacker to approach someone else, as The Hill flagged.

Carson had said, following the shooting at an Oregon community college, that he would’ve stormed the gunman and that he had never seen a bullet-hole ravaged body more “devastating” than the thought of taking gun rights away.

Carson shared a personal anecdote on Sirius XM Radio on Wednesday.

“I have had a gun held on me when I was in a Popeye’s,” Carson said, reportedly referring to a Baltimore location of the fast food chain.

“Guy comes in, puts the gun in my ribs,” he added. “And I just said, ‘I believe that you want the guy behind the counter.’”

“He said, ‘Oh, OK.'”

You can hear some of Carson’s comment at the 1:09 mark:

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  1. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    WOW. He said this with a straight face?? WOW!!

  2. This statement is utter bullshit. I simply do not believe him. I’VE had a gun pulled on me. I almost pissed myself. That’s an honest reaction. The good Dr. is totally making his story up.

  3. So THAT’S how the students in Oregon were supposed to react! Either rush the assailant or yell “Shoot him, shoot him, ***it’s the other guy you want!!***”

  4. I ask this question in all sincerity: what was this statement supposed to prove/show?:

    That he was some kind of tough guy
    That he has a sense of humor
    That he’s “Black enough” to like Popeye’s (p.s. I love, love, love their dirty rice and extra crunchy wings)
    That he is a sh*tbag

  5. The chances that any piece of his anecdote is true are about zero percent give or take zero.

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