What did you think of Bob Costas' remarks about gun culture in America?

Costas is an emotional sports announcer and has seen and reported on many athletes' tragedies. Persons with a mental illness are not allowed to have guns by our society. This athlete was under mental stress that altered the norm. The report Costas made identified this mental snap and added that, if the gun was not immediately available, Belcher and his child's mother would be alive, today. Suggest reactionaries live with the emotional sports announcer's opinion and reporting. It's called free speech. This is not a constitutional argument.

It's not that what he said was correct or not. Obviously Americans have the right to protect themselves no matter if we had the second amendment or not.

The problem is that he used the NFL as an vehicle to promote anti-2nd amendment measures. It was blatant propaganda.

People kill each other all of the time and if the NFL player couldn't get a gun to murder someone else then he would have used a knife or a bat or something which is a far more brutal way to die.

As for the player committing suicide, well we can look at the suicides of returning miltary veterans from the fake war on terror which far outnumber the deaths and suicides of any grouping of Americans outside of perhaps perscription drug users.

Oh but wait Costas wouldn't mention those deaths and suicides because the military and big pharma are regular advertisers and business partners of the NFL.

Conflict of interst much NFL?

where was Bob on OJ Simpson? does he want knives banned too? How about toilets?? Toilets are the number one cause of accidental deaths in homes every year! Bob you are an idiot! I have never felt the urge to threaten anyone playing there music too loud just because i had a gun while they were doing it! If Bob's life was in jeopardy and a hand gun could save him he would pick one up in a skinny minute! And why not criticize the network he works for over the violent programming they air? This is a case of a small man using a big tragedy to forward the agenda of his leftist employer! Sorry Bob but you are just wrong!

It was not only great, but needed. Mr. Costas was discussing a terrible tragedy, and without guns involved in the Belcher shootings, perhaps two people would still be alive today.

Mr. Costas's comments were very appropriate and necessary.

It's awfully difficult to abstain from ranting on the NFL's top story. But I really think that Costas should have discussed the scourge of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE which plagues this country.

"On average, three people are killed every day in the United States by a current or former intimate partner, according to advocates of domestic violence victims."

Guns just make this shit easier.

But understand that at least 14 other people have lost their lives in Kansas City this year as a result of this problem. Why aren't the media pundits talking about this? How about across America?

How about correlating domestic violence with professional sports? Heaven knows how many drunks end up beating on their wives because their favorite sports team lost a game.

It's easy to blame it all on guns and gun culture, but there's a lot more going on to this story.

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/03/3947220/all-too-often-domestic-violence.htm...

Costas' remarks were reasonable and should not be at all controversial. What is remarkable are the statements made against him. It is tragic that our society has come so far that a large part of the population do not want to allow a discussion on the subject of gun violence, let alone any form of gun control. Shootings have become commonplace and are looked on as collateral damage. It will get worse before it gets better.

"Costas brought up the murder-suicide and pleaded for listeners to be aware of the role America's gun culture played in the tragedy."

Long past time america wakes up to it's sad sick "culture" of violence. He was right to bring it up. If he's caused even a few people to wake-the-f*ck-up he did a great service.

I do not know how gun control correlates to suicide.

If he wants to become a Keith Olbermann then he should quit sports and go into politics.

And I am a pro gun control advocate. But being unreasonable only hurts the cause for gun control.

It needed to be said.