From the ArcaMax Publishing, Politics Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/politics/s-348984-308983
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI) -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee Friday
apologized for telling an audience of gun rights supporters an
offstage noise was Barack Obama ducking a gunman.
Huckabee, formerly a challenger for this year's Republican
presidential nomination, was speaking at the National Rifle
Organization convention in Louisville, Ky., when he made the joke
about the Democratic presidential hopeful. As Huckabee was delivering
his remarks, there was a thumping sound offstage.
"That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he's getting
ready to speak," Huckabee joked. "Somebody aimed a gun at him and he
dove for the floor."
Huckabee late Friday issued a statement apologizing for the remark,
The New York Times reported.
"I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or
disparage Sen. Obama," the statement said. "I apologize that my
comments were offensive. That was never my intention."
Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, has called for extending the
national assault weapons ban, limits on gun sales, and a national law
against carrying concealed weapons, with few exceptions.
Speaking with reporters Friday in South Dakota, Obama said he sees gun
ownership as an individual constitutional right but said there should
be "common sense" laws on background checks and other processes meant
to promote gun safety.