Mike Huckabee Hits Obama for Politicizing Oregon Shootings

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., who is making a second bid for the Republican presidential nomination, called out President Barack Obama on Thursday night after the president called for more gun control measures hours after the mass shooting at an Oregon community college. 

"We hardly know any of the details about this horrific tragedy,” Huckabee said. “What kind of gun was used? How did the shooter obtain it?  What is the motive? Does the shooter have a history of mental illness? Was this an act of terror?  With few facts, Obama is quick to admittedly politicize this tragedy to advance his liberal, anti-gun agenda. For this president to make a political pronouncement is at best premature and at worst ignorantly inflammatory.
 
“Obama can shamelessly try and exploit any tragedy he wants, but it's clear that gun free zones are sitting duck zones,” Huckabee added. “His passion is grossly misplaced into destroying the Second Amendment. There were 50 shootings in Chicago the past two weekends and this administration failed to utter a word. Gun violence is a problem in this country, but it's not the fault of the Second Amendment it's the fault of evil people doing evil things."