Shaq: More cops, not ban on guns is the answer to school shootings
"The government should give law enforcement more money," he said on WABC Radio's "Curtis and Cosby" show on Wednesday
Shaquille O’Neal, who plans to run forsheriff in Henry County, Georgia in 2020, said that more cops is the answer to stop school shootings. And not the ban on semiautomatic guns.
Per ESPN, "The government should give law enforcement more money," he said on WABC Radio's "Curtis and Cosby" show on Wednesday. "Give more money, you recruit more people, and the guys that are not ready to go on the streets, you put them in front of the schools. You put 'em in front of the schools, you put 'em behind the schools, you put 'em inside the schools, and we need to pass information. ... I would like to see police officers in schools, inner cities, private schools."
O'Neal lives in Florida, so the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland that killed 17 people hit close to home.
"You know it was a very, very sad incident," he said. "Close to my heart. I actually live in Fort Lauderdale. I actually knew the sheriff, called him and told him he did a wonderful job."
Although many law enforcement groups have supported bans on semiautomatic weapons, O'Neal doesn't think a ban is the answer.
"There's a lot of those weapons already on the streets," O'Neal said. "So it's not like, if you say, 'OK, these weapons are banned,' people are gonna go, 'Oh man, let me turn it in.' That's definitely not going to happen.
"'Cause once you ban 'em, now they're going to become a collector's item and you're going to have people underground, and they were $2,000. ... I'll give you $9,000 for that gun. So, you know, we just need to keep our eyes open."
Per ESPN, "The government should give law enforcement more money," he said on WABC Radio's "Curtis and Cosby" show on Wednesday. "Give more money, you recruit more people, and the guys that are not ready to go on the streets, you put them in front of the schools. You put 'em in front of the schools, you put 'em behind the schools, you put 'em inside the schools, and we need to pass information. ... I would like to see police officers in schools, inner cities, private schools."
O'Neal lives in Florida, so the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland that killed 17 people hit close to home.
"You know it was a very, very sad incident," he said. "Close to my heart. I actually live in Fort Lauderdale. I actually knew the sheriff, called him and told him he did a wonderful job."
Although many law enforcement groups have supported bans on semiautomatic weapons, O'Neal doesn't think a ban is the answer.
"There's a lot of those weapons already on the streets," O'Neal said. "So it's not like, if you say, 'OK, these weapons are banned,' people are gonna go, 'Oh man, let me turn it in.' That's definitely not going to happen.
"'Cause once you ban 'em, now they're going to become a collector's item and you're going to have people underground, and they were $2,000. ... I'll give you $9,000 for that gun. So, you know, we just need to keep our eyes open."
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