Posted on 10/05/2015 1:57:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
LeBron James spoke out on gun control, one day after another infant killed in Cleveland and Oregon tragedy.
“There’s no room for guns”, James said, urging greater gun control to make individuals think twice before resorting to deadly violence.
James said he saw news of the child Wakefield’s shooting break across his phone while he was sitting at home with his three children and “it automatically just hit me”.
“I feel like if we can do our part, through my foundation and what we do, then maybe it can possibly bring the number of percentages down from, I don’t know, 20 percent to 15 to 10″.
James didn’t hear President Barack Obama’s impassioned speech following the mass shooting at an Oregon community college campus, but “I know what I see. There’s so many around now, today”, James said Friday following Cavs practice. James, however, left open the possibility of eventually shifting that focus.
“There’s no room for guns”.
“Four kids under the age of five or six years old have been shot and killed or very badly injured, there’s no room for that”. “It’s all over. If you’ve seen my message, I used the hashtag, “The Nation” as well because it’s our whole nation that goes through this as well”. James, of course, will be condemned for his comments by those who disagree and praised by those who share his views.
Last winter, James, and his teammates wore shirts that read “I can’t breathe” in pregame warm-ups against the Brooklyn Nets in tribute to the death of Eric Garner. I don’t know how you can do that.
With the unclear status of Tristan Thompson, there remains questions on whether or not LeBron James will eventually come to Thompson’s rescue and help in pressuring the NBA team to give in to the Canadian basketball star’s demands. He believes, the work he’s doing through programs associated with the LeBron James Family Foundation is helping curb behavior.
What does he mean by gun control? I bet he doesn’t know anything beyond that.
Le Bronie, Le Bronie, Le Bronie; I already told you, I have plenty of room!
Maybe there is no room for black gangbangers with guns.
He’s such a hypocrite.
Perhaps someone should inform LeBron that a ‘gun’ is commonly referred to as a ‘gat’ in da’hood. It may be that he’s just unfamiliar with the term.
“No room for guns.”
Incorrect.
“No room for criminals that misuse guns.”
Illegals gotta go...
And it may more economical Not to lock up
criminals that cannot be...retrained/civilized.
Money wasted on long term prison...is called
opportunity cost.
And I don’t mean releasing criminals to kill again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost
Of course they are. They better be careful, a baby might cry and scare them...boom!
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