Bob Costas turns NFL shooting tragedy into gun-control debate...at half-time. [View all]

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You can go to HuffPo to see his speech during half-time.

Costas spoke of how it takes a tragedy -- in this instance, an NFL player who killed his wife and then himself -- to put sports into perspective. He might have added that it takes a tragedy to indulge a political outlook.

What's next? A statement against abortion? How about staying in Afghanistan til the job's done? Perhaps the elimination of Medicare?

This commentary is another example of how elitist the gun-control outlook has become: The "issue" depends almost wholly on the pronouncements of well-placed media elites, a few top politicians, and the old stand-bys in MSM. It takes a tragedy, indeed.