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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.
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)some don't speak out because "Republicans buy shoes too" and some endorse Donald Trump (before trying to run away from that).