Entitled NBA Star Lebron James Pushes for Tougher Gun Control After UNLV Mass Shooting
Jose Nino
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On December 6, 2023, Los Angeles Lakers star pushed for lawmakers to pass additional gun control measures in the wake of a mass shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus.
According to ESPN, James said the following:
It just goes back to what I said before about guns in America. I think it’s such a longer conversation, but we keep dealing with the same story, this same conversation every single time it happens, and it just continues to happen. The ability to get a gun, the ability to do these things over and over and over, and there’s been no change is literally ridiculous. It makes no sense that we continue to lose innocent lives, on campuses, schools, at shopping markets and movie theaters and all type of stuff. It’s ridiculous.
He added, noting, “The fact that we haven’t changed anything — it’s actually been easier to be able to own a firearm. … It’s stupid.”
According to a Breitbart report, UNLV’s campus is a gun-free zone. The school’s policy website alludes state law–NRS 2o2.265–which bans firearms on campuses. The university policy is in compliance with the statute.
The fact of the matter is that gun-free zones are safe spaces for criminals who want to rack up nasty kill counts. According to pro-gun researcher John Lott’s studies, 94% of mass shootings have taken place in gun-free zones since 1950.
If policymakers are serious about promoting public safety at universities, they would do everything possible to abolish these criminal safe spaces.
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