Loud music shooting reaches Sunday Night Football audience

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Jordan Davis was killed in a shooting Nov. 23, 2012.

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Published: 12/03/2012 10:26 am

Updated: 12/03/2012 10:46 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The fatal shooting of a local teenager at a gas station became part of a Sunday Night Football halftime commentary on gun control from broadcaster Bob Costas.

During the Cowboys-Eagles football game, Costas quoted an op-ed piece by Jason Whitlock, a writer in Kansas City who penned an article about the murder-suicide by Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher. Police say Belcher killed his girlfriend before taking his own life on Saturday.

Whitlock wrote of the "current gun culture" in America, saying it "ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy, and that more convenience store confrontations over loud music coming from the car will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead."

The confrontation over loud music from a car is an indirect reference to the killing of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. The teen was in an SUV with friends when another driver told them to turn the music down. The incident erupted into gunfire and Jordan getting killed. Police arrested Michael Dunn in the shooting. He claimed the teens threatened him with a shotgun, however, police did not find any weapon or drugs on the teenagers or in their SUV.

Davis was laid to rest Saturday afternoon near Atlanta.

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nativejax - 12/3/2012 11:37 PM

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It is the 'thug mentality rap-crap music' that is creating 'killers'. But you know we cannot say anything OUT LOUD AND IN THEIR FACES to this truth without being called a racist. My sentiments exactly bt2424. If they keep calling everyone that even though were not, maybe we should be.

jaxforlife - 12/3/2012 7:03 PM

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That Chief's player shot her nine times. He would have found a way to kill her, guns or no guns. He's an example of a someone using guns irresponsibly.

bt2424 - 12/3/2012 5:39 PM

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all they have to do is tell the truth, and it shall set you free or in the pokey.You can have ALL THE GUN control you want it wont stop any one from getting killed.they would find other means to do it.The thugs will always have guns.the crimanials will always have guns. the mob will always have guns what can the country do about it not a damm thing.the only people that will suffer is the law abidding people.IT will be a COLD day in he77 before they take my guns away from me. they will have to pry them out of my dead hands.by the way. what does sports have to do with the shooting in jacksonville? the people involved did play football did they?

HarlequinDane - 12/3/2012 11:28 AM

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Personally, I found most of the Bob Costas commentary fairly shallow and a bit looking down the nose at the fans watching. The most uninformed part of his 'anti-gun speech' that Belcher and his girlfriend would be alive if it were not for guns assumed that domestic violence ONLY uses that mode to end things. Quite sadly, many domestic violence situations are committed in many other ways and without the use of guns. I thought Quinn (the QB) had a much more heartfelt perspective and resonated more realistically -- basically, when we ask how someone is doing ... do we really mean it ; and when we answer those asking, are we being truthful. Reflects what HighLife mentions -- respect and courtesy should be coming from BOTH directions.

HighLife - 12/3/2012 11:04 AM

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Whitlock, while you're pontificating on cultural tendencies both sports-related and non-sports-related, how about a few words of support for courtesy and civility? First of all, you weren't at the Jacksonville convenience store when Dunn shot Davis. All you know is what you read in the papers where its reported that Dunn said he felt threaten when he saw Davis raise a shotgun to the car window. If true, and if you or I were in Dunn's position, we may have felt threatened and would have reached for our pistol to end the threat. We'll never know. However, we do know if people act courteously toward each other, dial down the in-your-face hostility and don't threaten each other (with or without guns), violence can be avoided. How about a word or two about that?

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