Rich Eisen, current NFL Network host and former ESPN personality, tried capitalizing on the gun control debate by commenting on X about the recent Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting.
Eisen, as is often the case with leftist sports commentators, decided against letting a crisis go to waste to push an anti-gun message. His focus was on the children who were tragically injured and traumatized due to the horrific shooting.
“Nine children. Nine children who went to a parade to celebrate their Super Bowl team. Nine children now being treated for gunshot wounds @ChildrensMercy,” he wrote.
“When are we going to collectively realize there’s a gun problem in our country and do something sensible for our kids?”
Rich Eisen Laments ‘Gun Problem’ After Super Bowl Shooting
The first response to Rich Eisen’s comment is – How’s about we focus on NFL News? Look, we get it. This is a tragedy of unfathomable proportions, as is every shooting of this nature, and it’s an emotional subject. Especially when kids are involved.
But I don’t recall sportscasters, following the death of a child at the Boston Marathon in 2013, calling for restrictions on purchasing pressure cookers. Why? Because the problem wasn’t the weapon. It was the terrorists behind the attack.
When I want information on football or the latest NFL rumors, I think Rich Eisen. When I think political commentary or a conversation on the Second Amendment, I prefer my sportscasters just shut the hell up. Stay in your lane.
And I’m clearly not alone on the matter, judging by the response Eisen got to his X post. If he wanted a debate, he got one, with most followers noting that the problem isn’t the weapon of choice, it’s the gang and crime problem in Kansas City.
“In a city controlled by gangs. Focus on that. Then, kids could live,” responded RedState columnist Buzz Patterson.
“None of the shooters were legally allowed to own guns much less murder innocent people,” one conservative commentator added.
“2023 had Kansas City’s highest homicide rate ever. Hmmmmm. What could it be? What could it be?” asked Chad Prather.
The problem could be that Kansas City is setting records for its homicide rate. And despite those rising numbers, Mayor Quinton Lucas, a Democrat, sued the state of Missouri in 2022 to fight a law that required the budget for their police department to be increased.
Eisen isn’t the only sports personality to try and capitalize on the Super Bowl parade shooting. Bounding Into Sports reported on inane comments by former NFL QB Robert Griffin III who called for further restrictions on the Second Amendment in light of the shooting.
Griffin, like Rich Eisen, got ratioed into oblivion.
It’d be interesting if Eisen and Griffin would explain what laws they think might have prevented the Super Bowl parade shooting. What laws aren’t already on the books?
Murder is illegal. Age restrictions on gun purchases and transfers? Check.
Two people detained in this shooting are juveniles. It’s almost like they didn’t care that they were too young to possess firearms. As to the gang argument, CNN reports that the motive appears to be a “personal dispute.”
Stick to analyzing how the 49ers wide-9 defense failed to stop the Chiefs on the game-winning drive, Richard.
