Bob Costas Talks Guns on Sunday Night Football

file classes on sunday night uh... accident during his half-time commentary the eagles cowboys game has certainly surprised me i suspect surprise a lot of people because he came out to talk like jackie came out pop process did and he used a piece by jason would lock who writes for the kansas city star or did but he says can city-based ready now try to talk sports on the weather still rights peace in kansas city i'd like while casa sol was routed to a like either but he's a terribly interesting thoughtful got and atlanta and a significant contributor to people who think about sports an interesting what's changed a little ox piece that bob kostas quoted edits fights almost more signif about uh... writer writing a piece like the one that would like to add is not as unusual as a broadcaster who's part of the establishment at n_b_c_ sports the way bob casa state end quote but so bypass is quoted as such leaders are reached rate from jason would lock space kostas uh... paraphrased a little bit but here it is this is the end of this uh... what life peace how many young people have died senselessly how many lives have to be ruined before realize the right to bear arms does not protect us from a government equipped with stealth bombers predator drones and nuclear weapons as first time i've ever heard anybody make that point in my life protection from a government with stealth bombers big deal you got a rifle and gone frickin great our current gun culture simply insures that more more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy and that more convenient store confrontations over loud music coming from a caller believe more teenage boys bloodied and dead in the coming days were like rights belches actions will be analyzed through the lens of concussions and head injuries who does he says maybe brain damage triggered as violent overreaction to a fight with his girlfriend what i believe is any didn't possess enola gun in cassandra perkins would both be alive today that's the message i was cheese players professional athletes all of us would focus on sunday in moving forward handguns do not insure safety they exacerbate our flaws tempt us escalade arguments and betas into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it we well here that message sexually will watch sunday's game and covered ourselves with a false belief that were incapable of the wickedness that exploded inside your body belcher saturday morning two great pics more peace is great those are terrific points and what i immediately thought when i heard passes through it and i read the piece and then tweety was that bob costas quoting jason would lock ninety seconds said more about dangers our gun culture presidential candidate did in two thousand twelve fifty debates and pass the house a news conference it was not an issue that we talked about and kostas pointed out very wisely before he quoted would lock like we're gonna talk about perspective here but then we won't know more move onto the next horrific event and granted yes there are plenty of events like this the dorm all professional athletes but when we have an opportunity for peace on them we should some of the criticism that jason would lock dot on twitter afterwards was that how dare you politicize this tragic you know with your political beliefs george would like responded or with your agenda to which would like responded with my dad what are you know what what's what's my agenda and it's a and of course it's the right wing went what are we allowed to talk about when do we get to talk about when we get to talk about guns what is it fair to talk about guns in this country because i got news for you there's always attraction anyway very bold piece by jason what life is a really uh... again they're they're people who who make that idea of sports writing in sports commentary and punditry uh... better case would like this one and pray for bob conscious reporting it which had to be something that did not please people at n_b_c_ physically it is a it is a immedi it is a third rail issue is an issue which gets people explorer will there's no question after bob got to stop people will take probably here i don't always look at what he says i don't always agree with to someone like i think sometimes there's some articles that he puts out that i really roll my eyes and said what like what you see writing but this dead-on yeah spot on and and again even people when he the playset going even if you don't react to like he's bottle he thought please not reactionaries nagios little lot incident said i'm gonna be really good it's good for visual are good for my process