LeBron James on gun control: ‘There’s no room for guns’

James, however, left open the possibility of eventually shifting that focus. In American politics, Democrats typically, though not always, push for expanded gun control, while Republican politicians tend to view that expansion as an infringement on second-amendment rights.

“There’s no room for guns”.

James will likely address his Twitter post after Cleveland’s practice on October. 2. “There’s no room for that”.

“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”.

Like seriously man!!!! A baby shot in the chest in Cleveland. Five-year-old Ramon Burnett and 3-year-old Major Howard also lost their lives.

As noted in a Northeast Ohio Media Group report, if the infant was in fact murdered in a drive-by shooting, it would be the third such incident involving a child being killed in such a manner in the Cleveland area since September.

James didn’t specify what changes he would like to see made to gun laws, but echoed the president’s sentiments.

“I know what I see”. I know how I feel.

James said he didn’t hear Obama’s speech, but “I know what I see”. I don’t know how you can do that. “There’s so many around now, today”, James said. “If some stipulations are behind it or some penalties, some big-time penalties, rules and regulations about carrying firearms, legal or illegal, people will second-guess themselves”.

“It’s not the first time that it’s happened, but it’s been happening a little too much recently”, James said.

In 2012, while a member of the Miami Heat, James shared a photo of he and his teammates putting the hoods of their sweatshirts up in a show of solidarity with with the family and friends of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old in Sanford, Fla., who was shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman.

He followed fellow National Basketball Association star Derrick Rose’s lead by wearing “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts in recognition of the death of Eric Garner previous year, who was killed after a police officer reportedly put him in a chokehold during an arrest.