Burr jokes about gun owners putting a 'bull’s-eye' on Clinton 
 
 CLOSE North Carolina Republican senator Richard Burr can be heard in a leaked audio recording joking about seeing Hillary Clinton practice targets at a gun shop. USA TODAY 
 
 Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., is apologizing for joking about gun owners putting a "bull’s-eye” on Hillary Clinton. 
 
 “Nothing made me feel any better then — I walked into a gun shop ... there was a copy of Rifleman on the counter, it's got a picture of Hillary Clinton on the front of it,” Burr said, referring to American Rifleman, the official publication of The NRA. "I was a little bit shocked at that it didn't have a bull’s-eye on it." 
 
 Burr continued: "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.” 
 
 Burr, the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, was speaking to GOP volunteers in Moorseville, N.C., on Saturday when he made the comment. 
 
 "The comment I made was inappropriate, and I apologize for it," Burr said in a Monday statement to CNN, which first reported the story. 
 
 Burr is in a tight race for his seat against former Democratic state senator Deborah Ross in North Carolina. 
 
 Donald Trump drew criticism in August for suggesting that "Second Amendment people" could stop Clinton from appointing anti-gun judges. Trump, speaking at a rally in Wilmington, N.C., warned that Clinton opposes the Second Amendment and would appoint Supreme Court justices who would block gun rights. 
 
 "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks,” Trump said before adding: "Though the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.” 
 
 Minutes later, the Trump campaign issued a statement saying that Trump meant people who support the Second Amendment are unified and will vote together. Meanwhile, Democrats — including Clinton — quickly accused Trump of suggesting violence against the Democratic nominee. 
 
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 Story highlights Sen. Richard Burr apologized over tart remarks about Hillary Clinton 
 
 The North Carolina Republican is locked in a tight re-election bid 
 
 (CNN) Sen. Richard Burr privately mused over the weekend that gun owners may want to put a "bullseye" on Hillary Clinton, according to audio obtained by CNN. 
 
 The North Carolina Republican, locked in a tight race for reelection, quipped that as he walked into a gun shop "nothing made me feel better" than seeing a magazine about rifles "with a picture of Hillary Clinton on the front of it." 
 
 "I was a little bit shocked at that -- it didn't have a bullseye on it," he said Saturday to GOP volunteers, prompting laughter from the crowd in Mooresville, North Carolina. "But on the bottom right (of the magazine), 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." 
 
 The comments resemble similar ones made by Donald Trump in August when the GOP nominee said "Second Amendment people" could take matters into their own hands if Clinton became president. 
 
 But unlike Trump, Burr is saying sorry. 
 
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– Sen. Richard Burr, locked in a tight race in North Carolina, has apologized for remarks that got plenty of laughs from a crowd of Republican volunteers over the weekend. In audio obtained by CNN, Burr recounted seeing a picture of Hillary Clinton on the NRA's official magazine. "Nothing made me feel any better then—I walked into a gun shop ... there was a copy of Rifleman on the counter, it's got a picture of Hillary Clinton on the front of it," Burr said. "I was a little bit shocked at that it didn't have a bull’s-eye on it." He added that the magazine had a list of NRA-approved candidates. After his remarks became public, Burr apologized for the "inappropriate" comments, which critics said were reminiscent of Donald Trump's remarks in August about "Second Amendment people" doing something about Clinton picking Supreme Court justices, reports USA Today. In his remarks Saturday, Burr went on to brag that his refusal to confirm the appointment of a federal judge created the "longest judicial vacancy in history" and to promise that if Clinton "becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court."