• Mike Huckabee strongly supports the right to bear arms and opposes restrictions on access to
firearms.

• "My position on the Second Amendment to the Constitution is as clear for me as the position
held by most journalists toward the 1st Amendment. While I do not consider myself a "gun nut," I
proudly own a variety of firearms and enjoy hunting as well as sports shooting. But even if I were
not a hunter or did not enjoy shooting, I would still be a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment right
of Americans to own firearms for self-protection and as a matter of principle."

• Huckabee also explained the rationale behind his stance: "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."

• Huckabee has his views on the issue of 'Castle Doctrine', a legislation which delineates
the person's 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."
Huckabee adds, "Personally, I think it?s the way it ought to be. We ought to have the right to
protect ourselves." 

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