Bob Costas is a idiot (Page 7)

Yes but we've beat that horse enough...

I am an anti-gun kind of guy. I do not want a gun ban, but strongly feel we need more constraints on who can purchase  a gun, and what guns can be purchase. i do think that it is too easy to get a gun. And it drives me crazy when the NRA opposes new common-sense restrictions.

You know what else drives me crazy? When people try to introduce anti-gun rants in situations that where caused by other factors. As stated, this is a case of extreme domestic violence. And the guy had no recorded criminal or mental illness past. A gun, a knife, a screwdriver, or his own hands would have suffice to drive this sad event to the same conclusion.

The use of gun control rants in this situation diminishes the believability of gun control discussions for those cases in which gun access is a real part of the problem. Same as claiming racial discrimination, or claiming sexual abuse, when it did not happen. When everybody is screaming "racial discrimination", "rape", "gun control", "profiling" left and right without taking into account all the facts, especially people with high profile media jobs, the "here we go again" syndrome by the general population can make actual cases of these events less credible.

And the opportunity to address domestic violence in general, and in the NFL in particular, gets loss in all the screaming.

I agree with this statement.  I have nearly a dozen guns of various calibers and types, some of which have been in my family for nearly 80 years.  They are used for recreational shooting and are kept locked in a gun safe.  I enjoy having guns and feel they give me and my wife comfort knowing we could protect ourselves and our children should an intruder disrupt our lives.  While I enjoy using my weapons for fun, I too believe that there should be heavy restrictions on who can purchase them and what weapons should be legal to sale.  Because of my military background, I have had the chance to shoot just about every type of weapon you can imagine.  This includes a 50 caliber, M249, 240B, M203, Mk19 and a host of other weapon systems.  Do to this, I have had intense training to learn about these systems and how they should be used.  When I bought my last 9mm, I walked out of the store with it within an hour.

My point is that we should regulate the gun industry like every other industry in America.  What I don't agree with is that we should go on a witch hunt and punish those that possess arms for recreation or protection.  After all, look at the guy in WY who just killed his dad at the Community College.  He shot him with a bow and arrow and then stabbed him after he had stabbed his father's wife as well.  Domestic violence knows no weapon, and education may be our best defense.  I guess what really concerns me the most is that the world seems to be increasingly violent. 

I agree with this statement.  I have nearly a dozen guns of various calibers and types, some of which have been in my family for nearly 80 years.  They are used for recreational shooting and are kept locked in a gun safe.  I enjoy having guns and feel they give me and my wife comfort knowing we could protect ourselves and our children should an intruder disrupt our lives.  While I enjoy using my weapons for fun, I too believe that there should be heavy restrictions on who can purchase them and what weapons should be legal to sale.  Because of my military background, I have had the chance to shoot just about every type of weapon you can imagine.  This includes a 50 caliber, M249, 240B, M203, Mk19 and a host of other weapon systems.  Do to this, I have had intense training to learn about these systems and how they should be used.  When I bought my last 9mm, I walked out of the store with it within an hour.

My point is that we should regulate the gun industry like every other industry in America.  What I don't agree with is that we should go on a witch hunt and punish those that possess arms for recreation or protection.  After all, look at the guy in WY who just killed his dad at the Community College.  He shot him with a bow and arrow and then stabbed him after he had stabbed his father's wife as well.  Domestic violence knows no weapon, and education may be our best defense.  I guess what really concerns me the most is that the world seems to be increasingly violent. 

Correction, the media and politicians want you to think the world is increasingly violent so they can take away more of your rights.

I think you are half right...  I think it's a pessimistic and doomsayer opinion that people want to take away rights.  What's their motivation?  I don't see it.

The media and politicians want you to think the world is increasingly violent because it's violence and crime that get our attention.  We like to look at it.  The news/media want advertising dollars and to get them, they need ratings.  What get's ratings?  Crime/sex/violence.  So that's the drug they push.

Politicians want something to hang their hat on.  A problem to fix (even if it's not there).  Because they want re-election, bigger paychecks, support from special interest groups.

I just can't buy the statements and conspiracy theory that media and politicians wake up in the morning trying to scheme up ways to take away our rights.  There is nothing in that for them.  What they WANT, is create a demand to sell something.  And that "something" is a sense of security they say is needed.  It's greed that drives most people, not some desire to oppress or take away rights.

Correction, the media and politicians want you to think the world is increasingly violent so they can take away more of your rights.

I think you are half right...  I think it's a pessimistic and doomsayer opinion that people want to take away rights.  What's their motivation?  I don't see it.

The media and politicians want you to think the world is increasingly violent because it's violence and crime that get our attention.  We like to look at it.  The news/media want advertising dollars and to get them, they need ratings.  What get's ratings?  Crime/sex/violence.  So that's the drug they push.

Politicians want something to hang their hat on.  A problem to fix (even if it's not there).  Because they want re-election, bigger paychecks, support from special interest groups.

I just can't buy the statements and conspiracy theory that media and politicians wake up in the morning trying to scheme up ways to take away our rights.  There is nothing in that for them.  What they WANT, is create a demand to sell something.  And that "something" is a sense of security they say is needed.  It's greed that drives most people, not some desire to oppress or take away rights.

My bet is that Mr. Costas probably doesn't know the difference between a semi-auto weapon and any other.  He would probably be shocked at what a "semi-auto" weapon is from the AR-15 to the 5 round box mag hunting rifles.

My guess is he is just parrotting typicla uber-liberal gun control rhetoric without even understanding what he's talking about.

Or....he does know the difference and he's just a radical.

Again, I wonder if he would be OK with someone saying: "Hey I'm ok with the right of free speech, but I draw the line on political bloggers or self publishing"

I'm okay with freedom of religion.....except for all non-christians.

That's racist.

My bet is that Mr. Costas probably doesn't know the difference between a semi-auto weapon and any other.  He would probably be shocked at what a "semi-auto" weapon is from the AR-15 to the 5 round box mag hunting rifles.

My guess is he is just parrotting typicla uber-liberal gun control rhetoric without even understanding what he's talking about.

Or....he does know the difference and he's just a radical.

Again, I wonder if he would be OK with someone saying: "Hey I'm ok with the right of free speech, but I draw the line on political bloggers or self publishing"

Didn't Tony's grandparents fight against the constitution?    Just sayin...