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LeBron James Calls For Major Gun Law Reform In Wake Of Nevada Shooting Tragedy

<p><strong>LeBron James<&sol;strong> is expressing his sadness following the horrific mass shooting that occurred at the University of Nevada&comma; Las Vegas&comma; on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;us-news&sol;anthony-polito-s-know-unlv-shooting-suspect-accused-killing-3-wounding-rcna128499" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">NBC News<&sol;a>&comma; identified a man named Anthony Polito who carried out a 40-minute attack&comma; resulting in three deaths and multiple injuries on the school&&num;8217&semi;s campus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1732817378222747740" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While law enforcement officials have yet to uncover what the motive was behind the shooting&comma; celebrities such as James are speaking out and demanding a change in gun laws across the U&period;S&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Lebron James Shares His Thoughts On The Shooting<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;My condolences go to the families that lost a loved one&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lebron-james-agrees-to-two-year-97-1-million-contract-extension-with-the-los-angeles-lakers&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Lakers<&sol;a> star shared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Guns in America&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s such a longer conversation but we are the only ones dealing with this same conversation anytime it happens and it just continues to happen&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>James stressed the urgent need for society to address and reform the root causes of these violent acts&comma; believing they are deeply embedded in societal issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>James says that despite every shooting tragedy Americans endure&comma; there has been little to no change in the methods of use and sale of guns in the U&period;S&period; Regardless of whether these shootings occur at the movie theatre&comma; schools&comma; or bars&comma; the crime rate isn&&num;8217&semi;t slowing down&comma; and the 38-year-old wants people to rally behind the idea of enforcing stricter gun laws once and for all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The ability to get a gun&comma; the ability to do these things over and over and over there’s been no change…it’s literally ridiculous&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;We’re losing innocent lives in schools&comma; shopping markets and movies theaters&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s ridiculous and we haven&&num;8217&semi;t changed anything&period; It has actually been a lot easier to own a firearm&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s stupid&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The shooting occurred through multiple floors at the university before cops were able to intervene and &&num;8220&semi;neutralize&&num;8221&semi; him&comma; Sheriff Kevin McMahill said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Suspect Was Gunned Down After Reportedly Killing Three<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Two detectives shot Polito right outside one of the main buildings at the university&comma; following a confrontation&comma; as students rushed to evacuate the scene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;com&sol;news&sol;world-us-canada-67642512" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">BBC News<&sol;a> reports that Polito had previously applied for a job at the same university but they rejected him&period; Investigators suspect that this rejection may have fueled resentment and anger in Polito&comma; which ultimately led to his devastating actions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officials believe that all of the victims who tragically died in the shooting were staff members and not students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police are also investigating whether Polito had intentionally targeted these people&period; 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