Mike Huckabee on Gun Control Republican AR Governor

Second Amendmen is about freedom, not about hunting

A: Voters want someone whose views on the Second Amendment understand that the basic issue is one of freedom and it’s not hunting.

Owns firearms; enjoys hunting; supports 2nd amendment

There are 700,000 physicians in the US and the number of accidental deaths caused by them per year is 120,000, making the accidental death rate per physician 17%. Using the same logic, there are about 80 million gun owners, and the number of accidental gun deaths per year among all age groups is 1,500. The same calculation reveals the number of accidental deaths per gun owner to be 0.00188%. In other words, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 more times more dangerous than gun owners. Yet, I hear no one suggesting we ban doctors.

Supports self-defense and ‘castle doctrine’

During the show, a caller asked the governor what he thought of Florida’s so-called “Castle Doctrine.” Passed last year, the law states that any person has the right to “stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm.” The name of the law is drawn from the adage that a man’s home is his castle. “Personally, I think it’s the way it ought to be,” Huckabee said. “We ought to have the right to protect ourselves.”

Allow concealed carry

Indicate which principles you support concerning gun issues.
• Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.