Love him or hate him, Mike Huckabee’s sense of humor offered a welcome reprieve to the cutthroat political campaigning this winter.

He may have missed the mark with this attempt, though.

The former Republican presidential candidate was speaking Friday to the NRA, when there was an unexpected loud bang backstage.

Instead of continuing his speech about limited government, he quipped that someone had fired at Barack Obama, who had to hit the deck.

*Crickets*

Mike Huckabee later apologized for his “offhand remark,” saying it was not “intended to offend or disparage” Sen. Obama, who did not comment.

Mike Huckabee: What’s funnier than killing a U.S. Senator?!