Donald Trump blasted Hillary Clinton anew on the campaign trail, saying that the Democratic presidential candidate's security detail should disarm themselves in support of her apparently hostile stance against the second amendment, which refers to the constitutional right to bear arms in the US.
The real estate mogul's latest dig appeared to insinuate Clinton's assassination. This wasn't the first time he appeared to incite violence against his rival, as he has done so in a speech last August claiming that "second amendment people" could stop her from appointing Supreme Court justices once she's elected.
Trump's camp, however, downplayed the statement as nothing more than a call for supporters to rally for the Republican candidate. Senator Jefferson Sessions (R-Alabama) did acknowledge that the remark "may have been awkwardly phrased."
The Republican presidential candidate told his supporters that Clinton intends to "destroy your second amendment." He then quipped a sarcastic remark, saying "I think that [Clinton's] bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm, right?"
"Take their guns away, she doesn't want guns. Take their guns and let's see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous," Trump added as he spoke before supporters in a Republican rally in Miami, Florida, the BBC reported.
Clinton's camp condemned Trump for "inciting people to violence." Robby Mook, campaign manager for the Clinton campaign, said in a statement: "Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of Commander in Chief."
Clinton herself denied that she's rallying for the second amendment's abolition if she gets elected. The former Secretary of State is in favor of tighter gun controls, although she reassured supporters before the Democratic National Convention back in July that "I'm not here to take away your guns."
