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Connecticut Tragedy Shakes Sports World

Erik Brady, USA Today - December 15, 2012

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LeBron James tweeted his apparent support for gun control in the wake of Friday's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 kids and seven adults.

"Imagine it happening to my kids school," James tweeted. "I and the rest of the families would be devastated! Something has to be done. Land of the free, BS!"

Reaction from sports figures was widespread on Twiitter. 

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Related Topics: guns and violence, sports

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