Costas on Guns

I was watching the Sunday Night Football game on NBC, and during halftime, Bob Costas took some time to blame the existence and availability of handguns for the murder-suicide committed by former Kansas City Chiefs Linebacker Jovan Belcher.  Yesterday, Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend and then proceeded to drive to the Chiefs' facility where he committed suicide in front of Head Coach Romeo Crennel and General Manager Scott Pioli.  

Here is what Costas said:

In a typical cliched fashion, he is here arguing for the abolition of all handguns.

As we know, the crime is perpetrated by the gun itself.  The person usually pulling the trigger never has any previous problems, mental or otherwise, prior to the crime they commit.  And I'm sure Bob Costas wasn't already anti-gun before yesterday.  He just came to this realization after some deep thinking and reflection last night...

The politicization of these kinds of things seems to know no bounds.  Sad.