Ben Carson Speaks Out On Gun Control, Decries 'Politicizing' of Mass Shootings

2016 presidential hopeful Ben Carson has spoken out regarding gun control and the recent community college shooting in Oregon, suggesting that it is more reasonable to have an authority figure armed on campus to protect students in the event of a mass shooting.

Carson has also spoke out against the politicization of mass shootings in the U.S. 

While speaking with USA Today, Carson said that he would feel "much more comfortable" if he knew of someone on campus who was trained to carry a weapon.

"If I had a little kid in kindergarten somewhere would feel much more comfortable if I knew on that campus there was a police officer or somebody who was trained with a weapon. I would feel more comfortable," the retired neurosurgeon said.

Carson's comments come after nine were killed and over a dozen injured in a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon last week.

The 2016 presidential hopeful added in an interview with "Fox and Friends" that he doesn't believes politicians should "politicize" mass shootings, suggesting that that's what President Obama did when he called for stricter gun legislation hours after the shooting occurred.

"Imagine a politician politicizing something," Carson told the talk show. "When do we get to the point where we have people who actually want to solve our problems rather than just politicize everything? I think that's what the American people are so sick and tired of."

President Obama is set to visit the town where the shooting took place last Thursday, a rural, logging area located about 180 miles south of Portland, Oregon.