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9. Actually, he has - and no, he didn't face the gunman down.

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 07:02 PM

Oct 2015

"I have had a gun held on me when I was in a Popeye's in Baltimore," Carson told Sirius XM's Karen Hunter. "[A] guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs. And I just said, 'I believe you want the guy behind the counter.'"

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/heres-what-happened-when-ben-carson-was-actually-confronted-dangerous-gunman

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Ben Carson says he will stop mass murders [View all] Angry Dragon Oct 2015 OP

How will we call him? This? hifiguy Oct 2015 #1

something like that Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #3

I think he's self-medicating. nt valerief Oct 2015 #2

sounds like he is binging speedball olddots Oct 2015 #4

Yipes shenmue Oct 2015 #5

Just like Rambo! emulatorloo Oct 2015 #7

Is that a confession that he has being doing mass murders? Sanity Claws Oct 2015 #6

He said he was in a store and a gunman upaloopa Oct 2015 #8

Actually, he has - and no, he didn't face the gunman down. ehrnst Oct 2015 #9

Really? Neat trick Bennie. smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #10

Good for him NV Whino Oct 2015 #11

At the cost of our blood and treasure streakr Oct 2015 #12