Mike Huckabee’s Son Arrested With Gun
April 27, 2007 | Permalink
Yesterday, Mike Huckabee’s son, David (pictured left) was arrested at an Arkansas airport after a loaded Glock was found in his carry-on luggage. David Huckabee pled guilty to possessing a weapon in a prohibited place. He told reporters, “it was a silly mistake.”
Mike Huckabee had the following to say about matter:
“My wife and I love our son. What he did was irresponsible but not intentional. “It’s one of those stupid things. He knows better.”
As a reminder, Gov. Huckabee is a strong supporter of concealed weapon permits (which his son had) and suggested that if available in Virginia they might have reduced the loss of life:
”If somebody had been able to stop the shooter before he was able to kill that many people, there may not have been that many”
Given the temporal proximity to the Virginia Techshootings and Huckabee’s strong support of concealed weapon permits, I imagine he’ll use this opportunity (read: attention) to re-emphasize for voters his 2nd Amendment credentials. I’m not suggesting that it is, but I’d be curious to hear from those that believe this may be a stunt.
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It wasn’t a ’silly’ mistake, it was a very, very stupid mistake. I am a staunch defender of the 2nd amendment and concealed carry - and this is irresponsible.
Don’t take this out on Huckabee (the candidate) he has nothing to do with what his stupid son does.
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Not only a disregard for the law, but a disregard for public safety!
A loaded gun?
I am more concerned about the previous story I read about Huckabee’s son torturing an animal. The gun story is more about stupidity not moral depravity. Mike Huckabee apparently came up a bit short on raising kids, or was unlucky on the gene pool draw, who knows?