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Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is speaking out and calling for more gun control in the wake of shootings that are occurring more often in the United States.
On Thursday, October 1, James tweeted about a baby who was shot in the chest in Cleveland by saying things have gotten "out of control." That was the same day that Chris Harper-Mercer went on a shooting rampage that killed 9 people and injured at least 20 more at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
On Friday James continued to speak out. When asked if he had seen President Obama's speech about the Oregon mass shooting, he said he had not, but "I know what I see. I know how I feel."
LeBron James speaks about gun control starting at 5:04
“Obviously it’s not the first time that it’s happened, but it’s been happening a little bit too much recently,” James said Friday at his team's practice facility. “There’s no room for guns, first of all, but then for violence towards kids or anybody. But having kids of your own, I see the news go across my phone and I’m sitting there in front of my three kids, so it automatically just hit me. … It’s also the whole nation that goes through this as well. We all hurt from it. Obviously you're not going to be able to take every gun out, I don't know how you can do that," he continued. "There's so many around now, today. But if there's some stipulations behind it or some penalties, some big time penalties or rules or regulations about carrying firearms, legal or illegal, people will second-guess themselves."
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