Bob Costas just did an anti-gun editorial during half time of Sunday Night Football

[Tommy_Carcetti]

352. Why I will never have a gun in my house, ever.

I know it might seem illogical or irrational, even to some non-gun enthusiasts. But--at least at this moment--I cannot fathom having a gun in my house, ever. My father-in-law once accidentially left his at my house, and even though it was placed out of everyone's reach, I felt extremely uncomfortably with it in my four walls and brought it back to him as soon as possible.

Perhaps if I was a witness to a mafia murder or if I lived in warzone, it might be different. But it's not. I live in a quiet, safe neighborhood with very little petty crime, let alone violent crime.

Unlike cars (the favored false analogy by the gun enthusiasts), a gun is designed with one purpose and one purpose alone: to kill, injure or simulate killing or injuring. There have been many situations where a normal argument has been escalated into a fatal one simply by the presence of a gun. And I don't want something that can do that in my house. I don't want an instrument of killing in my house.

In the extremely unlikely chance of a violent home invader, I will gladly stick to what I have--a 34 inch solid aluminum Easton baseball bat sitting underneath my bed. It's cheap, doesn't need bullets, doesn't need a license or registration, and if found by a child, would not likely cause them to be curious to use it for any reason other than a pickup game of ball.