A shot at Huckabee In a bid to replace Mike Huckabee as the main electoral threat to John McCain, Bob Barr – the Libertarian candidate – takes a shot:
“Mike Huckabee showed incredibly poor taste when he joked about a gun pointed at Sen. Barack Obama. His words were reckless, callous and harmful to the sports men and women of America and to those of us who fully support the Second Amendment. “Every candidate for public office inflames the passions of people who fervently disagree with them. To suggest, as Gov. Huckabee did, the misuse of a firearm toward a political candidate is reckless. His attitude toward proper, legal and safe use of firearms was demeaning to all of us who advocate the right to bear arms. His reprehensible use of a threatening and violent scenario involving a firearm at the NRA's national convention was vile beyond belief.
“I call on all supporters of the Second Amendment and all supporters of civil discourse in our political races to demand a public apology from Gov. Huckabee.”
To be fair: Huckabee has already apologized:.