{"id":12241,"date":"2015-12-23T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T18:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12241"},"modified":"2015-12-23T13:11:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T18:11:36","slug":"nba-hypocrisy-and-bloomberg-stupidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12241","title":{"rendered":"NBA hypocrisy and Bloomberg stupidity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Bloomberg<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/24\/sports\/basketball\/nba-gun-violence-campaign-michael-bloomberg.html\" target=\"_blank\">paying the N.B.A. to get involved<\/a> with his favorite cause:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\" target=\"_blank\">National Basketball Association<\/a>, alarmed by the death toll from shootings across the country, is stepping directly into the polarizing debate over guns, regulation and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\">Second Amendment<\/a> with an unusual advertising campaign in partnership with one of the nation\u2019s most aggressive advocates of stricter limits on firearm sales.\u00a0 In a move with little precedent in professional sports, the N.B.A. is putting the weight of its multibillion-dollar brand and the prestige of its star athletes behind a series of television commercials calling for an end to gun violence &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lPcZo-f6Fhc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The N.B.A. might be taken more seriously if they weren&#8217;t planning on airing an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicbooknews.com\/content\/watch-deadpool-nba-christmas-day-2015-promo\" target=\"_blank\">ad for the upcoming Deadpool movie<\/a> <u>at the same time<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_JVvtNYtKfk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1431045\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadpool<\/a> fan and from <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FyKWUTwSYAs\" target=\"_blank\">the trailer<\/a> it looks like it will be a big hit.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12241&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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