a:1:{s:15:"field_blog_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:2843:"Never let a crisis go to waste. That is what Rahm Emmanuel said, and Bob Costas is a devotee of that worldview. After the murder - suicide of Kansas City Chief linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Little Bob used this event to promote the idea of a gun in every home to that innocent men and women can defend themselves against vicious murderers. Oops, wait - that never happened. Instead, he said, in addition to other <a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-bob-costas-jovan-belcher-20121203,0,6138532.story">meaningless drivel</a>, this:<br />
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<div>&quot;Handguns do not enhance our safety. They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments, and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it. In the coming days, Jovan Belcher's actions, and its possible connection to football, will be analyzed. Who knows? But here is what I believe, If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today.&quot;</div>
</blockquote>Jovan was a professional football player. Linebackers can bench press 300 pounds. He certainly didn't need a gun to kill someone - he could have done that with a toothpick. <br />
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So, to follow Little Bob's &quot;logic&quot;, if only we had gun control laws like they do in safe cities like Chicago, New York City, and Washington D.C., we would be alright. If all guns in Detroit would disappear, bunnies and kittens would run through the perfectly safe streets of a beautiful panacea, government-regulated lemonade stands on every corner. Because people don't kill people, guns do. Guns possess the owner to do things like violently shoot girlfriends, rob gas stations, and vote for Republican.<br />
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But we also can't dismiss the statement about Jovan's murder and &quot;its possible connection to football&quot;. I.e. concussions. Yes, big guys playing football on Sunday afternoons leads to murder. Apparently, if the NFL was replaced by the Quiet Ball League, pain and suffering would end. I'm guessing that is what he means by his nonsensical statement. I wonder what the trauma of punters and their violent action of kicking a football has on the psyche of small children - maybe we should get a government grant to study that.<br />
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Let me offer an alterative theory to the wacked-out idea that football and guns caused the death of Kasandra: Jovan was a murderer who did an evil act because some people do evil things. Anyone else tired of hearing how it thanked his coach and owner for the opportunity they gave him? How about more coverage of the fact that he killed a woman. Jovan wasn't a victim, he was a predator.<br />
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So to Bob Costas and all the other liberal airheads who will use any tragic event to push forward their liberal ideology&hellip; c'mon man.<br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}}