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"If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/04/how-bob-costas-really-feels-about-guns-jovan-belcher-suicide-kansas-city-chiefs/1745491/ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/04/how-bob-costas-really-feels-about-guns-jovan-belcher-suicide-kansas-city-chiefs/1745491/)
4:52PM EST December 4. 2012 - NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas says it was a "mistake" to mention gun control on air Sunday in discussing the murder-suicide committed by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher because his choice of words "left it open for too much miscommunication."
Costas, who appeared on The Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday, has been criticized in some quarters for his choice of words about the tragedy during his halftime segment of the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.
WATCH: Bob Costas' halftime segment that caused controversy
MORE: Costas responds to criticism
Costas, during that halftime, quoted Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock and said, "If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today.''
The 90-second clip led to viral YouTube videos and blog posts with angry comments demanding Costas be fired from NBC. Costas addressed those comments in talking Tuesday to Patrick, who hosts the studio show for Sunday Night Football on NBC.
"Sometimes the quality of those who oppose you speaks for itself," Costas said. "I was told I didn't see it that someone compared (the halftime segment) to blatantly racist comments. This is simply a case of people who don't agree with this or they don't agree with what people think I was saying.
"Leave me out of it. Can you imagine that being said about anyone? Let's fire everyone we disagree with. It's absurd."
Costas felt he didn't "hijack" an NFL game by using his platform to provide his thoughts.
"If someone writes something that people disagree with, no matter how well it was written, if the topic is emotional, people are apt to be described as a screed," Costas told Patrick. "Someone (who) disagrees will characterize it as a rant."
While Costas was clarifying himself Tuesday, he caught himself using a poor choice of words and quickly acknowledged it.
"If I had gone on and said something at those who are taking shots at me. (Pause). Poor choice of words there. At those who are ripping me agreed with, I sincerely doubt any would have said I agree 100% with Costas. '(He had) right-on-money comments, but it's not his right to do it at half of a football game.' "
Costas also said the main reason he believes his comments were blown out of proportion was because he didn't have enough time. He preferred to have a more in-depth discussion when touching on such a tragic incident.
"A discussion should ensue about the football culture, the gun culture, domestic violence
those issues should be discussed if we're looking for some kind of elusive perspective," he said Tuesday.
Patrick asked Costas for his exact stance on gun control. Costas obliged:
"Here's where I stand: I do not want to see the second amendment repealed. ... People should be allowed to own guns for their own protection. Obviously, those who are hunters. ... Access to guns is too easy in some cases. I don't see any reason a citizen should be able to arm himself in some states in ways only police or military should to have a virtual militia (bought by) mail order or gun shows. Why do you need a semi-automatic weapon? What possible use is there? ... Whitlock wrote about a gun culture. That's what I was focusing on (in the halftime segment)."
Even after the clarification, Patrick told Costas he thought his Sunday segment was too "heavy."
Costas raised the Aurora (Colo.) shootings at the movie theater at the end of his explanation.
"There are those who believe that denying a semi-automatic weapon or an assault rifle is the first step down a slippery slope in denying an old lady a gun for her own protection," Costas said Tuesday. "There are people who honestly believe that in Aurora (Colo.) if only a dozen or so people there to watch the Batman movie had been packin', they would have been able to take down the nut job in full body armor with military-type guns.
"I think any police officer if you told them that would roll their eyes."
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"If Oj Simpson didn't possess a Knife, Ron and Nichole simpson would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
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lol at the argument about protecting hunters. Fuck that. Go to Ralphs and buy meat. It has been a long standing argument to keep guns legal. What about the hunters, :'( :'( :'( :'( like they are some poor majority group of people that are being opressed.
If Belcher didn't have a gun he probably would have beat the shit out of her to death or stabbed her. A gun just made it easier.
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"If Husband didn't possess a Grinding Stone, he and his wife would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-09/coimbatore/35704708_1_stone-wife-quarrel (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-09/coimbatore/35704708_1_stone-wife-quarrel)
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If people didn't possess cars or alcohol millions of people would still be alive today.
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"If Wife didn't possess a Hammer, She and her husband would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/06/04/police-wife-admits-killing-husband-hammer-waiting-two-weeks-call-911 (http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/06/04/police-wife-admits-killing-husband-hammer-waiting-two-weeks-call-911)
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"If Husband didn't possess an AXe, She would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
http://www.ndtv.com/topic/man-kills-wife-with-axe (http://www.ndtv.com/topic/man-kills-wife-with-axe)
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"If Seal team 6 didn't possess an AR-15 , Osama Bin Ladin would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57558162/seal-team-6-member-killed-in-afghan-rescue-identified-obama-lauds-special-ops-forces/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57558162/seal-team-6-member-killed-in-afghan-rescue-identified-obama-lauds-special-ops-forces/)
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without guns a lot of people would be killed in a much more painful way
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If the girlfriend had a gun she would be alive today and the linebacker boyfriend would be the only one dead.
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"If Husband didn't possess a two hands, he and his wife would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
If the girlfriend had a gun she would be alive today and the linebacker boyfriend would be the only one dead.
You don't know that. Possessing a gun is no guarantee one will successfully protect themselves.
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Another guy who just doesn't get it. Inanimate objects aren't the problem
Seneca
A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands
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Succinct
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Timely and relevant thread. ::)
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Timely and relevant thread. ::)
Timely and Relevant Post ::)
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"If men didn't have penises, no women would have been raped today Bob Costas
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"If men didn't have penises, no women would have been raped today Bob Costas
hahahahahah!!!
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if Bob Costas didn't have a microphone, my ears wouldn't hurt.
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''If my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt''
Bob Costas
(http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=49424&d=1323909344)
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''If my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt''
Bob Costas
(http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=49424&d=1323909344)
lol
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"If Rock Hudson didn't possess a penis, he and his lover would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
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"If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/04/how-bob-costas-really-feels-about-guns-jovan-belcher-suicide-kansas-city-chiefs/1745491/ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/12/04/how-bob-costas-really-feels-about-guns-jovan-belcher-suicide-kansas-city-chiefs/1745491/)
4:52PM EST December 4. 2012 - NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas says it was a "mistake" to mention gun control on air Sunday in discussing the murder-suicide committed by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher because his choice of words "left it open for too much miscommunication."
Costas, who appeared on The Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday, has been criticized in some quarters for his choice of words about the tragedy during his halftime segment of the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.
WATCH: Bob Costas' halftime segment that caused controversy
MORE: Costas responds to criticism
Costas, during that halftime, quoted Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock and said, "If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today.''
The 90-second clip led to viral YouTube videos and blog posts with angry comments demanding Costas be fired from NBC. Costas addressed those comments in talking Tuesday to Patrick, who hosts the studio show for Sunday Night Football on NBC.
"Sometimes the quality of those who oppose you speaks for itself," Costas said. "I was told I didn't see it that someone compared (the halftime segment) to blatantly racist comments. This is simply a case of people who don't agree with this or they don't agree with what people think I was saying.
"Leave me out of it. Can you imagine that being said about anyone? Let's fire everyone we disagree with. It's absurd."
Costas felt he didn't "hijack" an NFL game by using his platform to provide his thoughts.
"If someone writes something that people disagree with, no matter how well it was written, if the topic is emotional, people are apt to be described as a screed," Costas told Patrick. "Someone (who) disagrees will characterize it as a rant."
While Costas was clarifying himself Tuesday, he caught himself using a poor choice of words and quickly acknowledged it.
"If I had gone on and said something at those who are taking shots at me. (Pause). Poor choice of words there. At those who are ripping me agreed with, I sincerely doubt any would have said I agree 100% with Costas. '(He had) right-on-money comments, but it's not his right to do it at half of a football game.' "
Costas also said the main reason he believes his comments were blown out of proportion was because he didn't have enough time. He preferred to have a more in-depth discussion when touching on such a tragic incident.
"A discussion should ensue about the football culture, the gun culture, domestic violence
those issues should be discussed if we're looking for some kind of elusive perspective," he said Tuesday.
Patrick asked Costas for his exact stance on gun control. Costas obliged:
"Here's where I stand: I do not want to see the second amendment repealed. ... People should be allowed to own guns for their own protection. Obviously, those who are hunters. ... Access to guns is too easy in some cases. I don't see any reason a citizen should be able to arm himself in some states in ways only police or military should to have a virtual militia (bought by) mail order or gun shows. Why do you need a semi-automatic weapon? What possible use is there? ... Whitlock wrote about a gun culture. That's what I was focusing on (in the halftime segment)."
Even after the clarification, Patrick told Costas he thought his Sunday segment was too "heavy."
Costas raised the Aurora (Colo.) shootings at the movie theater at the end of his explanation.
"There are those who believe that denying a semi-automatic weapon or an assault rifle is the first step down a slippery slope in denying an old lady a gun for her own protection," Costas said Tuesday. "There are people who honestly believe that in Aurora (Colo.) if only a dozen or so people there to watch the Batman movie had been packin', they would have been able to take down the nut job in full body armor with military-type guns.
"I think any police officer if you told them that would roll their eyes."
costass is a tool, llittle dweeb sickens me he always seems to look down on the athletes he covers.let him play a sport once and see what happens. turd.
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costass is a tool, llittle dweeb sickens me he always seems to look down on the athletes he covers.let him play a sport once and see what happens. turd.
The Tool has to take a seat as to not get dwarfed by the standing female gymnast behind him
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''If my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt''
Bob Costas
(http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=49424&d=1323909344)
Thats fucking awesome!
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''If my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt''
Bob Costas
(http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=49424&d=1323909344)
that's not dick speck
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Funny how Costas didn't have shit to say about Josh Brent. Big Alcohol runs this muthafucker.
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;D
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Bob Costas Has never Danced with the Devil in the pale moon light
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Its sad how Costas keeps trying to justify his actions. He took advantage of his position to air his political opinions and should be punished for it.
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"If Oj Simpson didn't possess a Knife, Ron and Nichole simpson would both be alive today,' Bob Costas
(http://cdn.hahajk.com/uploads/2012/10/ojsimpson-knife.jpg)
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhhahah ahahahh!!
lol
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"I want to ban cars"
---Bob Costas
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Costas and O'Reilly had sex backstage afterwards.