“The comment I made was inappropriate, and I apologize for it,” Sen. Richard Burr said in a statement Monday. | Getty Sen. Burr apologizes for suggesting Clinton should have a 'bull's-eye' on her

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr apologized Monday for joking over the weekend that he was surprised a gun magazine didn’t have a “bull's-eye” on its image of Hillary Clinton.

“The comment I made was inappropriate, and I apologize for it,” Burr said in a statement Monday to CNN, which first reported his comment.


The incumbent Republican who narrowly leads former Democratic state Sen. Deborah Ross told Republican volunteers in Mooresville on Saturday that as he walked into a gun store, nothing made him feel better than seeing the Democratic presidential nominee “on the front of” a magazine about rifles.

“I was a little bit shocked at that — it didn’t have a bull's-eye on it,” Burr said. “But on the bottom right, it had everybody for federal office in this particular state that they should vote for. So let me assure you, there’s an army of support out there right now for our candidates.”