Listen to Debate Audience’s Reaction When a Candidate Took a Stance on the Second Amendment You Might Not Expect From a Democrat

Anderson Cooper's question for Jim Webb during Tuesday's Democratic primary debate — "Would encouraging people to be armed be part of your response to a mass shooting?" — wasn't exactly worded to allow much of a pro-gun answer.

But the former U.S. senator from Virginia — a proponent of the Second Amendment — didn't back away.

After insisting that guns should be kept out of the hands of those with mental illness, Webb said American citizens have a right to protect themselves — and then took aim at U.S. officials protected with armed security details.

"There are people at high levels in this government who have bodyguards 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Webb said. "The average American does not have that and deserves the right to be able to protect their family."

Such a response probably would have brought down the house at a Republican debate, but the reaction from Tuesday night's audience — at the end of the below clip — was guarded at best. A few claps and a hoot.

Here's the CNN video via the Daily Caller:

(H/T: Daily Caller)

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