| NBC Sports broadcaster Costas stoked widespread controversy on Sunday night when he attempted to turn the tragic murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins into an argument for gun control.
Costas told O'Donnell that he was in favor of "more comprehensive gun control legislation" and tried to argue the point by commenting that 65 out of 80 Colts players admitted to owning guns.
"Even if all those guns were obtained legally, you can't have 65 guys in their 20′s and 30′s, aggressive young men subject to impulses, without something bad happening," said Costas.
"Give me one example of a professional athlete who by virtue of his having a gun took a dangerous situation and turned it around for the better -- I can't think of a single one -- but sadly I can think of dozens where by virtue of having a gun a professional athlete has wound up in a tragic situation," he added.
Costas failed to name any of the "dozens" of such inc... |
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