Half Time Bloviating

A man murders his girlfriend, the mother of their 3 month old daughter.  He shoots his girlfriend nine times as the infant's grandmother arrives at the scene and calls 9-11 as she lay dying in her mother's arms.  The killer goes to his job--a football stadium--and fatally shoots himself in front of his boss--the head coach.  Bob Costas, a sportscaster speaks about this crime at halftime of a football game.  Instead of speaking about the killer, Jovan Belcher, he speaks about the "culture of guns."  In effect, Costas blames guns for the crime--if Belcher did not have a gun, this would have been prevented, he said (I paraphrase).

If Nicole Brown Simpson had a gun, maybe she would be alive today and O.J. would be dead.  If Belcher killed his girlfriend by running her over with a Chevy Volt (fat chance he would have owned one, but I'm just trying to make a point), would the liberals ask for a ban on the car voted sexiest by Obama?   Of course not; don't be ridiculous.

So now we have to watch football half time announcers make political statements about what they obviously are not expert about? 

Where Costas took the opportunity to denounce the "gun culture," he said nothing about what the real issue was--domestic violence.  That's what happened.  That's what Belcher did--he was a murderer and Costas used his sports platform to discuss guns rather than murder.  That was my take and the take of many viewers I've heard speak.

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