Former presidential candidate and prominent Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE supporter Ben Carson called on the nation to refrain from getting “political” and renewing calls for gun control in the wake of Thursday's attacks on Dallas police officers.

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During an interview with “Fox and Friends” Friday morning, Carson specifically called out President Obama, predicting that he would use the attacks to promote gun control measures.

“I guess the real issue is, you know the president’s gonna start saying, ‘See? Gun control,’” he said.

Five police officers were killed and seven others injured on Thursday night when shooters opened fire at a protest against recent police shootings.

After he was shown a clip of Obama’s remarks from earlier on Friday, in which the president said the nation needs to “consider” the realities of gun violence, Carson argued that gun rights need to be defended.

“Now is definitely not the time to get political,” he said. “Now is the time to use logic, and ask ourselves, ‘Why do we have a Constitution? Why do we have a Second Amendment?’

“They’re always saying you don’t need a high-power weapon to hunt deer. The Constitution is not about deer hunting, it’s about people being able to defend themselves from an overly aggressive government or an external invasion.”

When asked what he would tell the nation if he were president in a time like this, Carson said he would tell people that the police are an essential part of society, asking them to imagine what life would be like “for 24 or 48 hours with no police.”

“So yes, there are some bad apples, we’ll find ways to deal with them. In no way do we indict the entire police force,” Carson said.

“My message would be that we, the American people, are not each other’s enemy,” he continued. “But there are those who are trying to stir us up and create conflict for their own nefarious purposes and we have to be smart enough not to allow them to succeed.”