Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson beats gun rights advocate in primary

By Chris Eger

Incumbent Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson refused to debate his GOP primary contender and walked away with over two-thirds of the vote last week. (Photo: Arkansas Governor’s Office)
Gun store owner Jan Morgan lost her bid last week to unseat Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for the 2018 Republican nomination for governor.
Morgan, who catapulted to national attention in 2014 after she declared her gun range a “Muslim-free” zone, had launched a campaign against the one-term Hutchinson but in the end it was the incumbent who walked away with 70 percent of the vote, with 145,251 casting to keep the current Governor for another term, and 63,009 supporting Morgan. Hutchinson, who was endorsed by President Trump and had a war chest of over $1.8 million going into the primary, refused to debate Morgan on the issues leading up to the vote.
“There are two foundational things that are important whenever you decide to debate. One, can you be truthful about the facts? My opponent in the primary race has demonstrated she has no regard for the truth about facts. So it’s hard to have a debate under those circumstances,” Hutchinson told Arkansas Public Radio.
In speaking to the Second Amendment, the former head of the National

Source: Guns.com