"Mr.President," he said, "at this time it is suicide -- murder and will lose us every friend in the North.

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Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed in a bizarre murder-suicide in July.

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Investigators believe the deaths came from either a "murder-suicide" or a "double suicide, " he said.

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Yet, in the wake of Belcher's murder-suicide, the nationwide discussion turned away from mental health and toward guns.

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After the murder - suicide of his teammate Jovan Belcher, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn took the podium to address the media.

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