Bob Costas: If Jovan Belcher Didn’t Have A Gun, He And His Girlfriend Would Still Be Alive
During last night’s Sunday Night Football broadcast on NBC, the famed sportscaster — quoting Jason Whitlock — took a stand on gun control.
1. During halftime of last night’s game, Bob Costas took a minute to address the Jovan Belcher situation, and gun control.
2. Many on Twitter were furious with Costas…
4. But I for one was impressed by his candor, and his timing. Too often we accuse people of “politicizing a tragedy,” when in fact what they’re doing is exploring how that tragedy could have been avoided at the time when those questions are best asked.
5. Gun control is a complicated issue, but if this isn’t a time to address it, I don’t know what is. So to Costas and Jason Whitlock:
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Thisisbrittt 5 months agoI think we should check where these tweets against him came from… Down south.texas maybe. Hmm
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Things a T-Rex does 5 months agoAmerica sort the gun thing out. Either that or sort out Universal Healthcare.
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Michael Southwest 5 months ago
All of a sudden people want sports media to avoid talking about anything not sports-related — but hardly a peep about the same sports media ignoring the murder of Belcher’s girlfriend while treating Belcher like a tragic hero.
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gcs3 5 months ago
No he has a valid point. Guns are specifically designed to harm/kill, that’s what he’s saying. USB keys are primarily used for storage, knives can be used for hurting but also cutting, I don’t know, a rope or anything that needs cutting, and lighters can be used for lighting a cigarette. What alternative use is there for a gun is there? Shooting a door handle? Protection or otherwise, it’s only purpose is to inflict harm.
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WhatTheHolyHeck 5 months agoWord. The statistics simply don’t lie: more people are killed by their own guns than other people’s.
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jamdizzle 5 months agoI don’t know. I’m certainly a gun control advocate, however Javon Belcher was a law abiding citizen. To prevent someone like him from having a gun you’d have to just outlaw them all together, which isn’t at all realistic. I think a better social commentary Costas could have made was about mental illness. I think it is pretty obvious Belcher was mentally ill, or at the very least very troubled, and did not get the help he needed, which is sadly something that happens all too often.
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