Steve McNair and Gun Control

Steve McNair was found fatally shot next to the 20 year old woman who apparently murdered him prior to taking her own life. I take notice of this mostly because I am a sports fan and watched Steve McNair play in the NFL for many years.

Not long after the announcement of his shooting death, I saw a post on Twitter that said if this does not call for more gun control nothing does. Really? Do we need to infringe upon our constitutional rights because of an instance such as this?

I have to disagree.

Let's look a little closer at this tragic event and I think I see a better solution.

Steve McNair was a married man and he was not married to the woman who killed him. He rented the condo in which he was killed with another person, not his wife. A few days prior to the shooting McNair and the woman who eventually killed him were pulled over by police in a car that is registered to McNair and this woman, who again, is not his wife. Witnesses say they saw McNair arrive at the condo where he was later found dead about 1:30 AM on July 4 and this woman's car was already there.

It does not take much imagination to come up with some scenarios of what was going on between Steve McNair and this 20 year old woman that killed him. But let's just call what Steve was doing a "marital indiscretion." What the real problem here is not a gun.

If we some how get rid of the gun from this situation, would there still be a troubled marriage and would McNair's 4 children be distraught over problems with their father's infidelity? My guess is yes.

If we got rid of the infidelity or indiscretion, and left the gun, would Steve McNair still be alive? There is no way to answer that now.

Regardless, I don't see this situation as a major statement for a need of more gun control.