Bob Costas Continues Preaching The Gun Control Gospel On The Dan Patrick Show
Both sides of the argument amaze me. On one side you have gun nuts FLIPPING OUT on Bob Costas for making his opinion that guns are too prevalent in American society known during a usually non-political football show. Completely understandable that these people are upset because they tuned in to watch football and not be lectured about the dangers of guns. But how is it even possible for gun nuts to question that America has a gun problem? YOU CAN’T EVEN ARGUE THAT. America is 10th in the world in gun homicides and last time I checked we don’t live in Brazilian favelas or fucking Columbia. So obviously there are problems somewhere whether it’s regulation, control, education, or whatever. Too many people are dying to say otherwise or ignore the issue.
On the other side, NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GUNS, BOB COSTAS. I’ve always respected the man as a journalist first and sports journalist second, but bringing his personal viewpoints and co-signing shit Jason Whitlock wrote to preach to the American public during Sunday Night Football is awful. “If Javon Belcher didn’t possess a gun, he and his Kassandra Perkins would be alive today.” Maybe, I guess. Unless he owned KNIVES.
There’s a disconnect here that I don’t think Costas understands: people have a right to own many of the same weapons as the government. What else do we have to stop the government military and police from raiding our homes and taking what they want if they were to choose to do so? That’s partially why the Second Amendment exists I thought. It’s to keep you and yours safe from Johnny Criminal, sure. But hoarding semi-automatic weapons is also a way for private citizens to protect themselves against a tyrannical government.
Shut up, Costas.
PS – Sweet Beats, Patrick.
If OJ Simpson didn’t own a gun he never would’ve shot Nicole Brown with that knife.
Gun control is going swimmingly in Mexico
belcher could literally kill her with his bare hands. maybe big hands should be illegal
Hey Mo, if you didn’t like what he had to say on the halftime show change the channel. It’s not a hard solution
“[H]ow is it even possible for gun nuts to question that America has a gun problem? America is 10th in the world in gun homicides.”
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Your numbers are skewed. Gang members and drug dealers probably constitute at least 85% of all gun homicides. They’re doing us a favor by wiping each other out. I see no problem whatsoever.
This guy’s a fucking douche plain and simple. “what possible use is there for a citizen to have an automatic/semi-automatic weapon” – the answer is why the fuck not you self-righteous blowhard! Riddle me this, what fucking need is there for car companies like GM to produce a fucking 560HP cadillac? THERE IS NO FUCKING NEED that’s the answer, but people wanna buy them. I can’t stand this piece of shit. The deaths from gun violence are more a reflection of our country’s poor distribution of wealth and the socio-economic status of our poorest and most deprived citizens acting out against one another. This guy is literally destroying his career and good riddance to him too
It’s not a gun problem, it’s a cultural problem. Black males make up less than 10 percent of America’s total population yet they’re responsible for nearly 67 percent of gun crimes.
so you see no problem with good people who live in those areas being terrorized by gang members with guns sweetchuck?
After those abortions of blogs you had last week about children with cancer, good to see you with an intelligent stance. Good job
I need my semi-auto to protect me from the scumbags that ignore the multiple gun laws already on the books.
Also I made this point before and I’ll make it again, Switzerland has the highest amount of gun ownership per capita (it is required by the Swiss government that every male serves in the military and then, until the age of 50, owns their service issued semi automatic assault rifle and pistol) and has the 12th lowest gun homicide rate in the world. It comes down to education and registration.
As a caveat, fully automatic weapons should NOT be sold to private citizens but to try and outlaw weapons beyond that would do what prohibition did to booze in the 20s and 30s and what drugs are doing nowadays, create a gigantic black market in which criminal organizations will thrive. You cannot un-invent things so the only answer is education, registration, and background checks.
Also, Bob Costas, I bet Sean Taylor wished he had a semi-automatic handgun to protect himself.
states with the more relaxed gun control laws have way less gun violence than states with crazy restrictive gun laws…if you’re a criminal you’re gonna get a gun no matter what the laws are so where would you rather go to commit crimes? A place where the honest law abiding citizens are forbidden from having their own guns…or a place where you know every home owner is armed? People like Costas and Jason Whitlock probably don’t own guns so they think people who do just sit around playing with them all day accidentally popping off a couple rounds into the drywall every hour or so…their understanding of gun ownership probably comes from Bugs Bunny cartoons
IDC if i get ten thumbs down. Americans should not be allowed to possess guns more than a handgun. And i still hate that they would own those.
Solution: What if the guns serial number would imprint into the bullet after its fired?
@jesuseffingchrist I would concur but then you run into the hunting argument for rifles and shotguns. Again, getting THAT strict would just open up a black market. Semi autos are fine, fully automatic should be military only. Also, selling certain types of ammo (I’m thinking hollow point) should also be restricted.
“by RC Cola on December 4, 2012 at 12:05 pm
so you see no problem with good people who live in those areas being terrorized by gang members with guns sweetchuck?”
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The gangmembers would have the guns regardless of what anti-gun laws you pass. Those good people should go get themselves licensed handguns to protect themselves. Also, those good people should stop having the bastard children that eventually grow to become the very terrorists that plague them.
80% of guns used in crimes are illegally obtained, that’s how I can argue we don’t have a gun problem. Maybe if the black culture didnt promote their use we would have less gun crime? Or is that too much truth to say out loud in America these days?
@jesuseffing… Yea sure that sounds good, all you have to do is make a stamping mechanism in a GUN and then sit back and sort through the myriad of frame jobs that happen. But good idea.
taking guns out of the hands of citizens just makes them easier prey for criminals. Do you think the Virginia Tech lunatic would have opened fire if the student body was packing heat? Go look @ Washington DC, a ‘gun controlled’ area where the murder rate is 5x the national level.
Gun control is doing well in Cook county…
Wait until the autopsy and find Belcher has concussion related dementia. Costas makes plenty of cash from football and is effectively endorsing this shit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah and if OJ didn’t own a knife, Nicole & Ron would still be alive today.
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If OJ Simpson didn’t own a gun he never would’ve shot Nicole Brown with that knife…………….
Come on Two…………stolen from Deadspin
@jesuseffingchrist, have you ever been down south? People here live to kill ducks and bucks you fuck.
@softassatin. If everyone had guns at VT, there would be like 20 people firing shots. Once one bullet goes out, that would give all the trigger-happy gun owners the chance to fire at will. Then they would use the one gun shot as their excuse for self defense. It creates problems.
@pfo I dont even want to get into the argument about how stupid hunting is.
Hey fellas, did you know that you can kill as many does (girl deers) as you want, but there is a limit on bucks (male deers) that you are allowed to shoot. That is the big “regulations” on hunting. Kill all the girls, Kill 1 guy. Inb4 good, girls deserve it.
I FUCKING LOVE GUNS WHO WANTS TO GO SHOOTING
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what a complete fucking dickhead. HOW can someone honestly believe the idea of “nope, no way anyone could kill themselves if they didn’t have a gun!” motherfucker wouldve just used a knife or poison.
“you can kill as many does (girl deers) as you want” – Not true pal. You have to apply for a doe permit separately from your actual hunting license. Know what you’re talking about before spewing your anti-gun/hunting bullshit. And it’s ‘deer’, not ‘deers’.
@jesussufferingchrist kill yourself you ignorant twat. You can even use a rope, a screw driver, your car, a plastic bag. Or should all of those be outlawed too?
The USA doesn’t have a gun problem. It has a negro problem.
Did you know that there are 14.82 murders per 100K by blacks versus 2.17 per 100K for whites.
Per capita there are 7x more murders committed by blacks than whites.
this complete idiot says he doesn’t want to make guns illegal but says “what possible reason does someone need a semi- automatic weapon?” Is he proposing that only bolt action weapons be allowed? my brain hurts from listening to this.
Ask JFK what he thinks of bolt action rifles…
@Evil One If I stole it I’d cop to it but I don’t read Deadspin. Its not THAT great of a joke so it could happen.
Do you like fish sticks?
I lived in a town in AZ with about 50,000 people, most of whom legally owned guns. There was virtually no gun violence. There was also only about 180 blacks, per the census. Makes sense.
only on the stool would a right wing idiot like pointbreak get this much support. IT’S THE BLACKS FAULT
Hey CFaggot, liberal America – everyone gets trophies, any lazy asshole gets hand outs, more legalization of drugs BUT ban guns, kill babies, and let murderers live. And I’m the idiot? It’s a cultural problem BRO, now go drive your Prius to a really cool small store and buy another hemp shirt
that namecalling really got to me bro. described me to a t. get your head out of the fucking 50s.
obviously you’re pro-life and think you’re supporting the “lazy” lower class. you’re deranged
Liberal Trash. He knows what he was doing, he knows it would be a controversy. Probably just looking for a job at CNN. Spoons made me fat Bob go after them right after you fuck yourself.
So Bob is a moron. “I don’t have a problem with people having guns for protection I just don’t know why they have to have a semiauto”. So I can’t have a semiauto but I can have a Smith & Weson 500 (revolver) one of the most powerful handguns on the market, a 12 guage pump action shotgun with a laser and red dot optic and a bolt action 338 Lapua Mag (can shoot up to a mile in the right hands) but no way in hell can I have a .25 Raven (bellygun). Do everybody a favor Bob keep to football because you don’t know shit about Guns.
What about Whitlock’s point: ” How many lives have to be ruined before we realize the right to bear arms doesn’t protect us from a government equipped with stealth bombers, predator drones, tanks and nuclear weapons?”
If the government wants to come in your house, they’re coming. A 9mm, an Uzi or an AK aren’t stopping them.
Are you an easily influenced college kid listening to everything your intro to poli sci professor says? And no, that’s why I said ANY lazy asshole. Obviously there are some people who are in difficult circumstances that deserve help and desperately want an opportunity but for every one of them there is probably 2 free loaders; your inability to admit that defines far left liberalism. Liberal messiah Bill Clinton did a really good job blowing up the housing market though didnt he?
Americans own far less guns per capita in 2012 than they did in 1962. Far fewer murders today than in the crack-heyday. Difference is we have the internet: info is fast and cheap and you hear about more stuff than you used to. @Softsatin has the best point–DC as a case study for gun control shows that making guns illegal ensures that only law breakers will have guns–shitty strategy if you ask me.
Never thought I’d be seriously talking gun control on the stool but if you really want evidence of just how fucked gun control makes things, look no further than England. Specifically this study: http://www.pimpworks.org/politics/reasons.pdf
not mine, but worth the read.
EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW
ABOUT GUN CONTROL IN 99 WORDS!
© 2007 January 07 by G. Edward Griffin
There have been millions of pages and billions of words written on gun control, and thousands more are added almost every day. How preposterous to claim that all there is to know about this topic can be said in just ninety-nine words. Yet, after reading a substantial sampling of the books and essays (pro and con) that comprise the body of this literature, I have concluded that it all boils down to just two concepts. One has to do with protection against crime; the other with protection against tyranny. All the rest is historical and emotional support for these two main theses. Here, then, reduced to its essence, is my ninety-nine-word summary:
Gun-control laws do not control crime because crimes are not committed by guns; they are committed by criminals. Criminals will always have guns because they do not obey laws, including anti-gun laws. Those without guns are easy prey for criminals with guns. Gun control encourages crime.
The right to bear arms was included in the Bill of Rights, not to deter crime, but to deter oppressive government. Just governments honor and protect the right to bear arms. Oppressive governments fear and prohibit the right to bear arms.
Guns are dangerous. The only thing more dangerous is not having them.