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

Breitbart's Big Journalism ^ | March 21, 2015 | AWR Hawkins

[2ndDivisionVet]

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.....

[DesertRhino]

Yep! and grenades too!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Yes because they ensured Bob’s right to whine about it.

[MaxMax]

Of course right now at current prices they rightfully should be called Wallet Killers.

[Hugin]

What, bullets couldn’t kill cops in 1787?

[Bogey78O]

In 1776, a “cop killer bullet” was literally any bullet as cops didn’t have ballistic vests. And yet, the founders were okay with it.

[smokingfrog]

nullum delictum, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali

[chris37]

LOL :D

[Jagdgewehr]

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.”

Okay. I'm good with that.

[TigersEye]

Did the Founder’s stake their lives and fortunes so fairyass “sports reporters” could prognosticate on things they know nothing about?

[Secret Agent Man]

Damn right. Those are just made-up terms to make things sound scarier than they already are to the willfully, woefully ignorant, Bob.

[Ken H]

Did the Founder’s stake their lives and fortunes so fairyass “sports reporters” could prognosticate on things they know nothing about?

Yes.

[Kickass Conservative]

Bob, 70% of the Cannons used by the Patriots in the Revolutionary War were Privately owned.

I wonder if those Cannons would be considered “Cop Killers”?

[DiogenesLamp]

Idiot. What does he think an .80 caliber round ball would do to someone that it hits?

[hinckley buzzard]

...the Founding Fathers wanted “private citizens… to purchase cop-killer, armor-piercing bullets” and an “AK-47″?

You bet your sweet ass they did, you pathetic jockstrap sniffer.

[Oberon]

Yes indeed. The Second Amendment was instituted by men who had lived through the Revolutionary War, and some of whom had actually used the state-of-the-art military-grade shoulder-fired weapon... the "assault weapon" of its day... to go against not only civilian police (which largely did not exist at the time) but the career soldiers in the army of one of the leading global powers of the day.

Yes, they knew very well what they were doing, and they meant exactly that.

[CyberAnt]

Well, if they knew what ISIS looked like coming at you, I’m sure they would be okay with bullets which would stop them DEAD in their tracks.

Okie dokie

[Eagles6]

Exactly.

[TigersEye]

Yeah, no kidding.

[JohnnyP]

Did the founders intend for the police to have armor?

[Mastador1]

Hey Bob, did the Founders really want us having opinionated, egotistical asses pontificating ignorant views over a system capable of reaching more people than were even alive when the First Amendment was argued and written? I don’t think so, you Mr. Costas are no longer allowed to use a system capable of launching mass illogic bombs and freedom piercing hyperbole! Stuff that in your one red left shoe and smoke it.