The NBA Partners With Bloomberg’s Everytown in Anti-‘Gun Violence’ Campaign

By Dan Zimmerman

As Deadspin reports, “Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocacy group that seeks to end gun violence in America through stricter gun control laws, has cut a series of ads with NBA stars Chris Paul, Steph Curry, Carmelo Anthony, and Joakim Noah.” Or as the New York Times puts it, “In a move with little precedent in professional sports, the N.B.A. is putting the weight of its multi-billion-dollar brand and the prestige of its star athletes behind the series of television commercials calling for an end to gun violence.” Which means the NBA has gone all-in for gun control . . .

The Times is correct. There’s little precedent for a national brand like the NBA — a league that purports to appeal to a broad spectrum of American sports fans — taking one side in as contentious an issue as gun control. Notice I said “gun control” rather than the dog whistle term, “gun violence.” No one who has any familiarity with the issues and players (so to speak) involved is unaware that by throwing in with Everytown for Gun Safety, what the the National Basketball Association is actually …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns