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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 05:24 PM Oct 2015

LeBron James: 'There's no room for guns'

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- LeBron James was at home with his three kids when news broke that a 5-month-old girl had been killed in a drive-by shooting - the third fatal shooting of a child in Cleveland in the past month.

Aavielle Wakefield's death moved James to speak out on social media, where he used the platform to make an immediate plea for calm and change in the wake of more senseless violence.

On Friday, the NBA star went further, stating his support for stricter gun laws.

''There's no room for guns.'' James said.

James, who has never shied away from stating his opinion on political issues, spoke after practice, a day after another tragedy in Cleveland as well as the mass shooting at an Oregon community college, where a gunman killed at least nine people and wounded others when he opened fire on campus.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lebron-james-theres-no-room-guns-183024037--nba.html

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LeBron James: 'There's no room for guns' (Original Post) joeybee12 Oct 2015 OP
You mean he's not a complete waste of oxygen?! KamaAina Oct 2015 #1
Some athletes speak out in favor of things that will save lives mythology Oct 2015 #2
Talk to your fucking hand Joey trumad Oct 2015 #3
 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
2. Some athletes speak out in favor of things that will save lives
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 12:15 AM
Oct 2015

some don't speak out because "Republicans buy shoes too" and some endorse Donald Trump (before trying to run away from that).

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