The conservative slams sports columnist Jason Whitlock for blaming NFL player Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide of his girlfriend and later himself on gun rights and the NRA: "But, instead of questioning the unjustified reasons why Jovan Belcher
would kill the mother of his daughter and then turn the gun on himself
(or sticking just to the sporting angle), Whitlock took the opportunity
to lament gun violence — as if the gun was used independently and
without cooperation of Jovan Belcher’s hands and mind."
He continues his commentary: "What Whitlock claimed about the NRA [being akin to the Ku Klux Klan] was morally indefensible. It
stripped him of any remaining credibility after an already-shaky opening
salvo. The irony is that Whitlock is the one thinking in racial terms
when he assumed only whites are, or can be, members of the NRA. That said, where’s his proof the NRA is arming black youths? Has he
read it? If so, where and when did he read it? Are these incidents in
the police reports of gun crimes committed by black youth? If so,
publish these police reports."
More comment from the Project 21 advisory council member: "Furthermore, as he did in his original piece, Whitlock turns those
who would use guns to settle disputes into victims as opposed to willing
participants who chose guns over knives, clubs or bare hands in their
acts of violence, terror and destruction. Once again, guns don’t kill people without human participation.
Belcher wasn’t a victim. He intentionally used his gun to kill his
girlfriend and himself. And, as much as Whitlock would try and paint the
picture, the drug-addled and armed black youths he laments aren’t
victims of racist white gun-club members bent on destroying black
communities. Criminals consciously make decisions to use guns illegally, and — as a result — are responsible for their own actions. Jason Whitlock should apologize to the families of Kasandra Perkins
and Jovan Belcher — in that order — for using them as political pawns to
advocate more gun control. He should then apologize to the NRA for his
baseless, deliberate and absurd smear of the NRA’s credibility."
Derryck Green Op-Ed: Jovan, Jason, & Jumping To Conclusions
