Current:Home > StocksLeBron James once again addresses gun violence while in Las Vegas for In-Season Tournament -SecureWealth Bridge
LeBron James once again addresses gun violence while in Las Vegas for In-Season Tournament
View
Date:2025-04-17 16:22:51
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is in Las Vegas for the NBA In-Season Tournament.
But he found himself again talking about gun violence after a shooting left at least three dead at the UNLV campus on Wednesday.
James offered condolences to the families of the victims and expressed frustration that the country keeps keeps "dealing with the same story, the same conversation every single time it happens, and it 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 very ridiculous," he said. "It makes no sense that we continue to lose innocent lives on campuses, on schools, at shopping markets, movie theaters and all types of stuff.
"The fact that we haven't changed everything -- it's actually a lot easier to be able to own a firearm -- is stupid."
The NFL's Las Vegas Raiders put out a statement saying they are "deeply saddened" by the "senseless act of violence."
The NHL's Vegas Golden Knights, who have a banner at T-Mobile Arena to honor the victims of a 2017 shooting at an outdoor concert on The Strip, also released a statement pledging their support "to all those affected."
The University of Dayton called off its home men's basketball against UNLV in the wake of the shooting.
The NBA In-Season Tournament is scheduled to resume Thursday with the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers facing each other in a 5 p.m. ET semifinal, while the Lakers will face the New Orleans Pelicans at 9 ET.
The championship game is at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.
veryGood! (68693)
Related
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Mali’s leader says military has seized control of a rebel stronghold in the country’s north
- Many parents don’t know when kids are behind in school. Are report cards telling enough?
- UK inflation falls sharply to 4.6%, lowest level in 2 years
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- Live updates | Israeli tanks enter Gaza’s Shifa Hospital compound
- Ohio business owner sues Norfolk Southern for February derailment that closed his companies
- Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Save 58% On the Viral Too Faced Lip Plumper That Works in Seconds
Ranking
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- North Carolina legislator Marcus won’t run for Senate in 2024 but is considering statewide office
- Young Kentucky team plays with poise but can't finish off upset of No. 1 Kansas
- ‘Thanksgiving Grandma’ teams up with Airbnb to welcome strangers for the holiday
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- USPS leaders forecast it would break even this year. It just lost $6.5 billion.
- Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award
- Tallulah Willis Says Dad Bruce Willis Is Her Whole Damn Heart in Moving Message
Recommendation
Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did your city make the list?
Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students leaves 6 dead, 18 injured
In 'The Killer,' there's a method to his badness
German union calls on train drivers to strike this week in a rancorous pay dispute
Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
Iceland warns likelihood of volcanic eruption is significant after hundreds of earthquakes
Israeli forces raid Gaza’s largest hospital, where hundreds of patients are stranded by fighting
An ethnic resistance group in northern Myanmar says an entire army battalion surrendered to it