Bob Beckel: Women Don’t Need Guns Because Campus Rape Isn’t Common

The Fox News host stirs controversy by downplaying threat to women

Liberal Bob Beckel: Women Don’t Need Guns Because Campus Rape Isn’t Common (Washington Times)

Bob Beckel, co-host of “The Five” on Fox News, doubted the need for women to carry guns on college campus as protection because rape rarely takes place at institutions of higher learning anymore.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/21/liberal-bob-beckel-women-dont-need-guns-because-ca/#ixzz2LYFfxy1F

Mr. Beckel said, according to a report by The Blaze: “When was the last time you heard about a rape on campus?”

Another co-host, Eric Bolling, said rape on campus was “rampant,” The Blaze reported, and said denying women the right to carry at college was tantamount to an open invitation to criminals.

Co-host Dana Perino agreed with Mr. Bolling, that rape is a huge issue for women attending college. Mr. Beckel wasn’t swayed.

“Date rape, yeah that’s one thing,” he said, according to The Blaze. “But you gonna take a gun out and shoot your date?”

Politico reports Mr. Beckel subsequently apologized for his remarks.

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