Bob Costas uses KC tragedy for anti-gun rant

[dustdevil28]

Not sure if any of you other guys saw halftime of the Sunday Night game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Eagles.

I was suprised to hear Bob Costas give an anti-gun rant due to the recent tragedy in Kansas City where a linebacker killed his girlfriend and later himself. I honestly expected just another reflective moment over two lives lost, and I was right for about the first couple of seconds. Then Costas launched into his anti-gun theme, stating "hand guns do not enhance our safety" and blaming guns for escalating convienent store disputes into matters of life and death.

In the end Costas made one more claim, that had the LB not had a gun, both he and the yound lady would be alive. Apparently Bob has never heard of this thing called a knife, or he's naive enough to believe that a 250lb NFL linebacker in a fit of rage could only use a gun to kill.

His comments were poorly timed IMHO. The act just occured on Saturday, he doesn't know anything about the events except the most scant facts. He should have kept his comments respectful of those who passed and waited until more is known on this incident.

-DD

[dustdevil28]

Today we found out more details. The NFL player was battling alcohol, and painkillers to deal with a possible head injury. He had a history of domestic violence against his girlfriend, and when she informed him she was leaving for good, he snapped and shot her 9 times. Oh, and he did all this with his own mother in the house to witness the act.....

Not to make light of this, but all of this speaks to a destructive relationship which unfortunately led to this yound ladies death. A death that could just as easily have happened by any other means than a hand gun.

Chiefs QB Brady Quinn I think had the best comments I've ever seen from an athelete following a tragedy like this. "When you ask someone how they're doing, do you mean it? When you answer back, are you telling the truth?"

He spoke of reflecting back as a teammate and trying to understand if he could have seen this or helped prevent this act from occuring. He spoke of treating the man who snapped, not blaming an object.

Quinns full comments, and a good article from NFL.com below.

"I know when it happened, I was sitting and, in my head, thinking what I could have done differently," Quinn said. "When you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it? When you answer someone back (with) how you are doing, are you really telling the truth?

"We live in a society of social networks, with Twitter pages and Facebook, and that's fine, but we have contact with our work associates, our family, our friends, and it seems like half the time, we are more preoccupied with our phone and other things going on instead of the actual relationships that we have right in front of us."

www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000104879/article/chiefs-find-strength-to-work-through-jovan-belcher-tragedy

[Sailor]

I didn't see the halftime rant, but as I read about it I couldn't help thinking "what an ass," and not in a cheerleader way.

[dustdevil28]

Dec 3, 2012 17:59:48 GMT -8 Sailor said:

I didn't see the halftime rant, but as I read about it I couldn't help thinking "what an ass," and not in a cheerleader way.

LOL, I was watching the game so I saw it when it happened. One of those rare times you see somthing you know is going to be a story right when it happens.

I was just shocked at the commentary. How can you go out there and claim both people in this instance would be alive when all you know is how they died? As we found out today, this was a destructive relationship and considering how Belcher (the NFL player) responded it is likley he would have committed the act with or without a gun.

The commentary was misinformed, and wreakless.... and gun control lobbyist will love it.

So it goes.

-DD