Charles Barkley Talks Guns With Bob Costas: ‘I Carry a Gun’ Because ‘I Just Feel Safer With It’

The Blaze ^ | 12/5/12 | Jason Howerton

[Nachum]

Reacting to Bob Costas’ controversial halftime gun control lecture on Sunday night, retired NBA all-star Charles Barkley said he carries “a real gun” because he feels “safer with it.”

Barkley, appearing on “Costas Tonight,” said he doesn’t think the nation has a “gun culture” but rather a “crime culture” especially “in the black community.”

“You know, we as black people always, we don’t have respect for one another. You know, we’ve got more black men in prison than we do in college and crime in our neighborhoods is running rampant,” Barkley said. “And I know everybody reacts when something like the Belcher thing happens, but being black, this is something you deal with all the time. And it’s just sad. I’m a guy, I carry a gun. I carry a gun.”

Costas then pointed out that Barkley lives in Arizona where he can “legally carry a gun.”

“Even when I lived in Philadelphia, I’ve had a gun, I’ve carried a gun in my car every year in my life since I was 21, 22. Never had to use it,” Barkley added.

“Are you packing right now?” Costas asked jokingly. “Just being sure.”

[TigersEye]

Good for Barkley! I wish he would have asked Costas what he thinks about the endemic violence in the Culture of Sports that Costas makes his living pimping. What percentage of NFL players are felons compared to the general population, Bob?

[A message]

What happened?

There are no more musicals.

We have a depraved culture that is entertained by wrong-minded behavior and has lost sight of moral values.

When killing babies is sanctified life holds no value and that permeates our society.

[eyeamok]

Funny, I thought the same thing, Which is why I don’t watch or care about sports anymore. Most of these “athletes” belong in prison or should be shunned from society, remember what they did to Steve Garvey after he cheated on his wife, nowadays it would be- atta boy.

[hinckley buzzard]

Over the years Barkley has said a lot of things that have made sense. Trouble is he is not the usual dancing bear for the media whorehouse, so he gets short shrift sometimes.

[Cyman]

“You know, we as black people always, we don’t have respect for one another. You know, we’ve got more black men in prison than we do in college and crime in our neighborhoods is running rampant,” Barkley said. “And I know everybody reacts when something like the Belcher thing happens, but being black, this is something you deal with all the time. And it’s just sad. I’m a guy, I carry a gun. I carry a gun.”

If a white man had expressed his fear of young black males in an equal manner he would be hounded to death by Messrs. Jackson/Sharpton and the unashamed hit men would be the MSM

[hinckley buzzard]

That's a very imaginative take on reality. Of course seventy years ago there was a World War on, and many fatherless boys in all neighborhoods. The Black community back then was as cohesive as the white community, until a variety of postwar societal changes began to erode the Black family and community structure.

[Alaska Wolf]

Who carries a non Real gun????!

Could refer to stun guns.

[TigersEye]

I have never had any interest in professional sports so I don't know who Steve Garvey is. But I take your point. It's easy to see that society gets more upset about abusing dogs than it does getting into fights, abusing spouses, dealing drugs or murder. And it can get beyond the dog abuse too with the requisite amount of 'tut tutting' in the public square.

"He's sorry now AND HE CAN TAKE OUR TEAM TO THE PLAYOFFS!"

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Tomorrow, he’ll claim he was misquoted on tape...

[RobbyS]

There were always many black women with kids and no father. Several times the number as in white neighborhoods. That’s what I saw, and you can look up the statistics. Of course, lots of black families were working like hell to hold things together. They were gaining, as Charles Murray tells us. Then came the ‘60s, and the kids stopped talking to their fathers and uncles, and “uncles” and disrespecting them for working their behinds off for a little gain. Washing tools instead of working on a drilling rig, which they could have done as well as a white guy. Trying to to persuade their suns that there was a small pot of gold, somewhere.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Nachum.

Barkley, appearing on "Costas Tonight," said he doesn't think the nation has a "gun culture" but rather a "crime culture" especially "in the black community." "You know, we as black people always, we don't have respect for one another. You know, we've got more black men in prison than we do in college and crime in our neighborhoods is running rampant," Barkley said. "And I know everybody reacts when something like the Belcher thing happens, but being black, this is something you deal with all the time. And it's just sad. I'm a guy, I carry a gun. I carry a gun."

I was told by a coworker, some years ago, and yes, she happened to be black, that every black man you see (this was in the 'hood, where I worked) was carrying a gun, concealed of course, and quite illegally. And it made perfect sense. She mentioned this right after the shopkeeper right across the street from my workplace, and yes, he happened to be black, and an ex-con, shot a robber to death, and yes, the robber happened to be black.