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Subject: NBC Commentator Blames KC Murder-Suicide on Handguns


Posted by: SpartanMk18
And once again, NBC pushing their agenda. Is sports not safe from their bull -blam!-?

Hey NBC, why not start reporting on people who defended them selves with a gun? Or is that to against how you want your audience to think?


The actions of one man does not count as NBC.

"George Bush doesn't care about black people" Can't believe Mike Myers agreed to be apart of that.

  • 12.02.2012 10:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: MrR46
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.
This might be the stupidest thing Jason Whitlock has ever said. And that's saying something.
It's the truth. Most people are stupid and cannot handle owning a weapon. Most people would rather pull out their gun and shoot when scared or worried of their safety, than wait and calmly asset the situation, and yes, Guns do kill people. They're tools which only purpose IS too kill or damage someone. Common citizens should not have access to them.


If 'common citizens' can't own them, then why should anyone? Does being a cop or another authority figure somehow make them 'worthy' to wield them?

Your generalizations of most people are very wrong. 'Most people' are responsible gun owners who go their entire lives without ever dong harm to anyone. Only a small portion, if ever, fire their weapons with lethal intent. 'Most people' don't murder fellow citizens in the pursuit of goods or valuables. 'Most people' never kill another. If you want to stop crime, get guns out of the hands of criminals, not the law abiding citizens.

  • 12.02.2012 10:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: Simba Too Cold

Posted by: SpartanMk18
And once again, NBC pushing their agenda. Is sports not safe from their bull -blam!-?

Hey NBC, why not start reporting on people who defended them selves with a gun? Or is that to against how you want your audience to think?



The actions of one man does not count as NBC.

"George Bush doesn't care about black people" Can't believe Mike Myers agreed to be apart of that.


NBC has always been anti, same with most media.

Report the news, and don't spoon feed us your agenda is all I ask. Is that to much?

  • 12.02.2012 10:41 PM PDT


Posted by: SpartanMk18

Posted by: Simba Too Cold

Posted by: SpartanMk18
And once again, NBC pushing their agenda. Is sports not safe from their bull -blam!-?

Hey NBC, why not start reporting on people who defended them selves with a gun? Or is that to against how you want your audience to think?



The actions of one man does not count as NBC.

"George Bush doesn't care about black people" Can't believe Mike Myers agreed to be apart of that.


NBC has always been anti, same with most media.

Report the news, and don't spoon feed us your agenda is all I ask. Is that to much?


again. It was one man.

  • 12.02.2012 10:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: Simba Too Cold

again. It was one man.


It was one man... on national television reading a script from a teleprompter that was sanctioned by NBC.

What Mike Myers said during the Katrina Telethon was unplanned and was spoken using his own words. The two situations are not the same.

[Edited on 12.02.2012 10:44 PM PST]

  • 12.02.2012 10:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: family chief
I would like to see a firearm which just magicly kills people without any ammunition or outside help.

I'd like to see people with basic thinking skills. There's a serious cultural issue with guns in the United States that doesn't exist in its Western counterparts. People kill people. No -blam!-. The problem is there's a bloc so aroused by gun ownership that to even make such a no brainer statement like the mentally ill should be kept away from guns becomes controversial.

Hell gun ownership per capita is higher in Canada believe it or not. Yet gun violence per capita is nowhere near the U.S. Part of that is that people that shouldn't have guns in Canada don't get to have guns! It's frankly shameful that this fetish blocks much much needed measures to combat the rampant gun violence culture in the U.S.

Would it have stopped this from happening? I don't know. But if all you see in this statement is a man suggesting guns magically kill people then you need to start questioning if your brain is on.

[Edited on 12.02.2012 10:45 PM PST]

  • 12.02.2012 10:44 PM PDT


Posted by: xGHOST270x

Posted by: Simba Too Cold

again. It was one man.


It was one man... on national television reading a script from a teleprompter that was sanctioned by NBC.

What Mike Myers said during the Katrina Telethon was unplanned and was spoken using his own words.


Mike Myers didn't say anything. And if people would read my original post they might realize where I stand on this. But seeing how people just want to go on attacking NBC which is ridiculous , I'll take my leave. Good day.

  • 12.02.2012 10:45 PM PDT

"What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
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"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world."
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Well, that is just frankly not true at all.

  • 12.02.2012 10:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: Vgnut117

Posted by: family chief
I would like to see a firearm which just magicly kills people without any ammunition or outside help.

I'd like to see people with basic thinking skills. There's a serious cultural issue with guns in the United States that doesn't exist in its Western counterparts. People kill people. No -blam!-. The problem is there's a bloc so aroused by gun ownership that to even make such a no brainer statement like the mentally ill should be kept away from guns becomes controversial.

Hell gun ownership per capita is higher in Canada believe it or not. Yet gun violence per capita is nowhere near the U.S. Part of that is that people that shouldn't have guns in Canada don't get to have guns! It's frankly shameful that this fetish blocks much much needed measures to combat the rampant gun violence culture in the U.S.

Would it have stopped this from happening? I don't know. But if all you see in this statement is a man suggesting guns magically kill people then you need to start questioning if your brain is on.


BOB COSTAS:
"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.


The man came out and said that handguns themselves 'tempt', 'exacerbate our flaws', and 'bait us'. I don't know about you, but that sounds like he's making the gun into an anthropomorphic item that has influence over people. That is absurd.

As for your statement about gun activists somehow wanting to keep mentally-ill able to buy weapons, that's preposterous. That why on the ATF 4473 form that everyone must fill out when buying a gun, specifically asks if a buyer is/has been mentally ill. That's why , in addition to that, background checks are done on everyone to stop such a sale from taking place.

I will concede that parts of the culture in the US do abuse the rights given to them by allowing the populace to arm themselves. This , however, should not be grounds to limit everyone elses rights. Something must be done, but what that something is remains under heavy, heated debate.

That being said, blaming an object on human acts and emotions is asinine. The handgun didn't cause this, the human behind the trigger did.

  • 12.02.2012 11:01 PM PDT


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Posted by: MrR46
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.
This might be the stupidest thing Jason Whitlock has ever said. And that's saying something.


That might be the stupidest thing anyone has ever said, IMO.


Because...?

I see a lot of people doing what the Internet does best: Using the word "stupid" to describe anything that does not agree with us.

  • 12.02.2012 11:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: xGHOST270x

Posted by: MrR46
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.
This might be the stupidest thing Jason Whitlock has ever said. And that's saying something.


That might be the stupidest thing anyone has ever said, IMO.


Because...?

I see a lot of people doing what the Internet does best: Using the word "stupid" to describe anything that does not agree with us.


xGHOST270x

BOB COSTAS:
"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.


The man came out and said that handguns themselves 'tempt', 'exacerbate our flaws', and 'bait us'. I don't know about you, but that sounds like he's making the gun into an anthropomorphic item that has influence over people. That is absurd.


I diagree with people constantly placing blame on an object over the person committing a crime. Im a fairly open minded person, but that, I believe, is truly stupid.

  • 12.02.2012 11:39 PM PDT

Recon Number 54 -
If they are still looking, then while holding the snarl, I let drool start to drip from my mouth, I stand, curl my fingers into claws and with a hunched over crouch, I then make slow and deliberate steps towards them. When I get close enough, I let them hear my agonized and gasping growls and then, if they continue to stare, when I get within arm's reach? I kiss them on the nose, and run away giggling.

Funny thing is, over in the UK we don't have easy access to firearms and guess what?

We still have Murders and Suicides, the only difference is that they use knives to do the job.

But of course, every time a reporter blames something on guns their sites get tons more hits from irritated people.

More Site views > More Ads seen > More revenue.

  • 12.02.2012 11:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: chickenlittle
Cheeto is the only one among you that doesn't suck.

I'm not seeing the flaw in his reasoning. There really is a good chance that if Belcher didn't have a gun, he and his girlfriend would still be alive, and my Chiefs would still be at one win.


I'm not sure why that comment would be in any way seen as offensive.

  • 12.02.2012 11:46 PM PDT

When I first heard about this story, I was pretty sure it was going to be Matt Cassel.

Anyway this is typical media overreaction and they have to find something to blame this tragedy on.

  • 12.02.2012 11:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: Vgnut117
Hell gun ownership per capita is higher in Canada believe it or not.
I don't believe it.

  • 12.02.2012 11:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: DEATHPIMP72
Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

Who cares what sportswriters or sports commentators have to say on a political issue?

Just because this happened to a pro athlete doesn't give sports commentators any particular expertise. Ignore these guys and move on.

[Edited on 12.03.2012 12:14 AM PST]

  • 12.03.2012 12:08 AM PDT

If we disagree, it's nothing personal, opinions are opinions.
Antagonizing me to build a false sense of worth is so damn cute.

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Posted by: Destined Fate
And people say NBC isn't liberal bias.

el oh el

  • 12.03.2012 12:11 AM PDT

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