Bob Costas: Gun Control Would've Saved Jovan Belcher

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NBC Sports' Bob Costas used his halftime segment during last night's Eagles-Cowboys game to advocate for gun control following the murder-suicide of Jovan Belcher.

The Kansas City Chiefs linebacker killed himself and girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, shocking the NFL world Saturday. Costas weighed in on the tragedy Sunday:

In a segment about 90 seconds long, Costas began by mocking the sports cliche about how "this really puts it all in perspective," then became even more pointed.

He paraphrased and quoted extensively from a piece by Fox Sports' Jason Whitlock:

''In the coming days, Jovan Belcher's actions and their possible connection to football will be analyzed. Who knows? But here, wrote Jason Whitlock, is what I believe."

"If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today."

The online reaction to Costas' segment was swift, with many people criticizing the longtime broadcaster for expressing his personal views on a program meant for entertainment.

Others praised him for taking a strong stand on the controversial issue and for refusing to gloss over Jovan Belcher's death with lip service and empty platitudes.

What do you think of Costas' comments on gun control?

 
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    Mike

    Costas is a typical liberal idiot! Especially being in the broadcast/entertainment business. They all think that the public is interested in their opinions on everything. Just do the job you have been hired to do and keep your judgements to yourself. We don't want to hear it from you any more than we do from the cast of the View. I for one will never watch another broadcast which includes Costas.

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    Mara

    So what he's saying is, the house didn't contain knives that he could have stabbed her with like OJ Simpson did? He couldn't have drowned her in the tub like Drew Peterson did? He couldn't have strangled her like Scott Peterson is suspected of doing? He couldn't my have beaten her to death with a baseball bat? Yep, it's all the guns fault!

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    Nurse

    As if killing with a knife is any "better!" A murder is a murder. Let's start addressing the true issue here... The lapse in judgement that results in death. A certain amount of responsibility has to be taken when one decides to give in to the mental illness and take another's life! Cops, military, secret service all carry guns. As do women like me who own a gun legally and all permits to carry. I seriously doubt I would've been raped 19 years ago if I had been carrying a gun.

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    scullman

    I'm sure that Bob Costats is another one of those high-paid liberal douchebags that lives within a gated and guarded community and doesn't need to worry about protectiing his family personnally. Also, many of these ball players are on the roids and suffer from head injuries- this is the problem, not any kind of gun.

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    wtf2

    Yes, Bob, sure, Bob, there is no possible way that an NFL linebacker could kill a female less than half his size, without a gun. No possible way. Whatever you say.