Fox’s first appearance: Gun owners and members of the National Rifle Association condemned NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal for sponsoring Texas’ first gun buy-back campaign earlier this month, a gun owner video shows.
“I don’t care how big you are or how intimidating you are because you’re famous,” one woman said in a video released by the NRA. She said: “I don’t think it’s worth giving up my freedom or my children’s freedom.” [freedom]. ”
Dallas County held its first gun buyback event earlier this month, sponsored by O’Neal. The former NBA MVP holds police licenses in several states, including California and Georgia, and serves as an honorary police officer in southeast Texas, the Dallas Morning News reported. O’Neill did not attend the event, but said the local sheriff supported the effort.
“I support Sheriff Brown’s efforts. He is doing the right thing and keeping our community safe,” O’Neal said in a press release prior to the event, according to a report from local media outlet WFAA. .
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Gun owners express shock that Shaquille O’Neal is sponsoring a gun buyback program in Texas. (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Democratic Sheriff Marian Brown announced the county’s first gun buyback event earlier this month, encouraging local residents to turn in “unwanted weapons lying around their homes.”
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“This is an opportunity for law enforcement to educate and provide community members with the tools to properly dispose of unwanted firearms,” Brown said, according to the Dallas Morning News. “Too many deaths are caused by firearms lying around that end up in the hands of our most vulnerable people.”
Photo: Thursday, March 14, 2019, Shaquille O’Neal. (Getty Images)
The county offered $100 gift cards for handguns and $125 gift cards for residents with long guns.
Gun owners at the NRA event react to a gun buyback program sponsored by Shaq in Texas. (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
At the time this video was shot, NRA members and gun owners attending the Second Amendment organization’s Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were discussing gun buyback plans. When asked, he firmly answered “no” and “absolutely not.”
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”[It’s] It’s a way for the government to have more control over what we can and cannot do,” one woman said in a video released by the NRA.
Gun owners react to Dallas County’s first-ever gun buyback event sponsored by NBA legend Shaq. (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Another woman said her gun was “my talisman” and she had no intention of selling it back, while yet another was confused by the amount offered to sell her gun back.
“I don’t know the last time I bought a gun, but guns cost a lot more than $100 or $125,” she said.
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Another man said guns had been passed down in his family and he had no intention of giving them up.
Gun owners react to Dallas County, Texas’ gun buyback program. (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Gun buyback programs are largely driven by Democratic elected officials at the local level, with the goal of reducing crime and violence. A 2021 research report posted on the National Bureau of Economic Research’s website says there is “no evidence” that such programs “reduce gun violence.”
“Given his celebrity status, I feel like he could probably do something more productive than this,” one of the men in the video said of O’Neal’s involvement in the effort.
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Fox News Digital reached out to O’Neal’s representatives but did not immediately receive a response regarding the gun owner’s comments.
The Dallas Sheriff’s Office reported that it “recovered over 130 firearms” following a gun buyback event on February 10th.
“There’s no way I’m going to get it for $100,” one gun owner said in the video. “You’ll never get it for $125, and you’ll never get it for any amount of money.”
