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49ers Join Law Enforcement to Advocate for Gun Control Legislation, Donate $500K
The Bleacher Report ^ | October 26, 2017 | Mike Chiari

Posted on 10/26/2017 9:39:40 AM PDT by keat

The San Francisco 49ers announced Thursday they are pledging $500,000 toward supporting gun control legislation.

According to ESPN.com's Nick Wagoner, the Niners said they—along with local and national law enforcement—are signing a pledge for a "more understanding and safer America."

The legislation would ban mechanisms that can make a semi-automatic weapon an automatic weapon, in addition to silencers and armor-piercing bullets.

Per Robert Salonga of the Mercury News, a portion of the 49ers' donation will go toward nationally televised public service announcements meant to ease tension between law enforcement and those who fear police violence.

The 49ers and a coalition of police unions also released a joint statement regarding the partnership:

"The duty of law enforcement must also include actively participating in bringing our nation together and working to foster a more understanding and compassionate national dialogue around community and police officer relations. We believe that professional sports teams should utilize their capacity to reach millions of Americans to promote initiatives that help law enforcement professionals and the citizens they serve understand their respective experiences and to listen to one another with an open mind and heart."

The 49ers joining forces with local and national police is significant since police violence played a partial role in former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick protesting during the national anthem last season.

Last year, Kaepernick said, "I've been very clear from the beginning that I'm against systematic oppression," according to John Mullin of NBC Sports. "Police violence is just one of the symptoms of that oppression. For me that is something that needs to be addressed but it's not the whole issue."

Kaepernick's protest led to players across the NFL and other leagues demonstrating during the anthem. He parted ways with the Niners during the offseason and has yet to be signed by another NFL team.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; donutwatch; fundingtheleft; idiots; nfl; police; shutupandsing; thuggery; whiteysfault
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1 posted on 10/26/2017 9:39:40 AM PDT by keat
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To: keat

Oh, that’ll help.

When you’re in a hole, quit digging.


2 posted on 10/26/2017 9:43:40 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: keat

Perhaps they should just give up playing football because they obviously suck at it and all become community organizers instead.


3 posted on 10/26/2017 9:44:32 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: keat

How about that $500K go to the taxpayers who funded
You stadium? Hmmmmmm.


4 posted on 10/26/2017 9:46:01 AM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: keat

Well THIS will certainly pull the NFL out of its ratings slide. /sarc


5 posted on 10/26/2017 9:48:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: keat

I have one word for the NFL: Chicago.


6 posted on 10/26/2017 9:49:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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7 posted on 10/26/2017 9:49:31 AM PDT by keat
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To: keat

Does this qualify to make them 0-8?


8 posted on 10/26/2017 9:51:07 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: keat

Yes, that’s what the fans want..more politics!


9 posted on 10/26/2017 9:51:28 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: keat

Given the number of NFL player that have been arrested for everything from domestic abuse, involved in bar fights, and possessing illegal fire arms, maybe they should clean up their own house first.


10 posted on 10/26/2017 9:52:58 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: keat
Shouldn't they be trying to play football. After all, that is what they are being paid to do.

They might also try winning. That is a good thing.

With this direction they are solidifying their reputation as 'losers'.

11 posted on 10/26/2017 9:53:34 AM PDT by Parmy
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To: keat

Still making friends, I see. /sarc


12 posted on 10/26/2017 9:56:54 AM PDT by Noumenon (Can you imagine if Islam were NOT the religion of peace?)
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To: catbertz; All

By the looks of that photo, the cotton-candy guy will be tossing for more yards than both QB’s combined. lol.


13 posted on 10/26/2017 9:57:55 AM PDT by keat
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Yep, NFL Players should not be able to own Firearms. Next.


14 posted on 10/26/2017 9:58:19 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.Does the Government)
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To: keat

Nope ... y’can’t fix stupid.


15 posted on 10/26/2017 10:00:08 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: keat

What a bunch of loser asshats


16 posted on 10/26/2017 10:00:48 AM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: keat

Good way to thin their fan base even more. Stupid move.


17 posted on 10/26/2017 10:02:41 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: keat

My Dad used to take me to 49ers games in Kezar Stadium when I was a little kid. Grew up watching the Niners and haven’t watched a game since the idiots started getting political last season.

I’m done with the NFL, and I refed highschool football for 10-years.


18 posted on 10/26/2017 10:06:13 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: keat

The interesting part is, most likely, they believe they are doing something to improve their image and reverse their ratings slide. This is yet another version of virtue signalling.


19 posted on 10/26/2017 10:15:04 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: keat

I would guess that one of the biggest fears of a football thug, is that he will someday find himself committing a drunken assault on somebody with a CCW.


20 posted on 10/26/2017 10:17:46 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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