Bob Costas: Did Founders Want Us Buying ‘Cop-Killer, Armor Piercing Bullets?’

Bob Costas: Did Founders Want Us Buying ‘Cop-Killer, Armor Piercing Bullets?’

by AWR Hawkins 21 Mar 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/03/21/bob-costas-did-founders-want-us-buying-cop-killer-armor-piercing-bullets/

On the March 20 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, NBC Sportscaster Bob Costas laughed off criticism of his many pro-gun control comments and added to them by asking if people really believe the Founding Fathers wanted “private citizens… to purchase cop-killer, armor-piercing bullets” and an “AK-47″?

Maher opened the door for Costas to do so by citing topics Costas has spoken on –“gay, guns, head injuries”– and suggesting Costas “has to” talk about these things because not other “sportscaster” or “broadcaster” is doing it.

The focus then turned to Costas’ April 2014 suggestion that athletes can’t be trusted with guns, a rant in which Costas lamented our “gun culture” and the “sorry incidents” that happen because athletes own guns.

In reiterating these points to Maher, Costas pointed to NFL defensive end Greg Hardy, “who just got signed with the Cowboys but sat out most of last year because he was involved in a domestic violence case, which is prevalent in the NFL, and dominated the news last season.” The only link Costas could make between the domestic violence case and firearms was that Hardy “threw” his girlfriend “on a couch with loaded shotguns and assault weapons on [it].”

Costas was so absorbed in criticizing guns that he failed to note that guns weren’t used in the acts he was attributing to Hardy. Rather, the violence his girlfriend faced was allegedly committed with Hardy’s own hands.

Nevertheless, Costas followed this story by asking:

Is this what the Founding Fathers had in mind? That Greg Hardy should be armed to the teeth? That private citizens should be able to purchase cop-killer, armor piercing bullets? That you should be able to have a AK-47?

He said that people who answer these questions in the affirmative need to take their line of thinking “to its logical conclusion.” And that means, “if you are fearful [of] a tyrannical government taking away your rights as citizens then you ought to have a bazooka, you ought to have a tank, you ought to be able have nuclear weapons if you can get them before ISIS can get their hands on them.”

Bob Costas

Bob Costas is a sportscaster for NBC Sports, and a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Note: NBC Sports is an NBCUniversal network.

Jeff Zucker was the president & CEO for NBCUniversal, and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Emma Bloomberg was a senior planning officer for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is the founder for Everytown for Gun Safety, and a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the Harlem Children's Zone, the Sundance Institute, and the People for the American Way.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Lloyd C. Blankfein was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and is a duplex owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Daniel S. Och is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a duplex owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Lyn Davis Lear is a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York, a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and married to Norman Lear.

Kenneth D. Cole is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and married to Maria Cuomo Cole.

Maria Cuomo Cole is married to Kenneth D. Cole, and a trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and a partner at the Sundance Channel.

Sundance Channel is a partner with NBCUniversal.

NBC Sports is an NBCUniversal network.

Bob Costas is a sportscaster for NBC Sports, and a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Norman Lear is a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York, married to Lyn Davis Lear, and a director at People for the American Way.

Seth MacFarlane is a director at People for the American Way, and a friend of Bill Maher.

Bill Maher is a friend of Seth MacFarlane, and the host of Real Time With Bill Maher.