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A lot of people watch these games. and this year, stars steph curry, carmelo anthony, chris paul and joakim knnoah, they partnered with everytown.org. the nba stars spoke about their appearances along with people who have been affected by gun violence. and take a listen. heres a portion of it. >> i heard about a shooting involving a 3-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter rileys that age. >> the gun should never be an option. >> were americans. we dont have to live like this. >> we can all ...

Christmas day. and this year many of the stars have partnered to put together a public service announcement by gun violence. the nba stars will speak about their experiences along with people affected by gun violence. take a listen to a portion of it. >> i heard about a shooting involving a 3-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter rylie is that age. >> we are americans, we dont have to live like that. we can all make a difference. >> in the united states, people are impacted by gun violence ...

The 74th school shooting since the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, back in december 2012. less than two years ago. that was the school shooting that was so horrific that in its wake there seemed to be consensus that congress would surely do something in response. everytown.org arrived at that number of 74 by countingin dents by which a firearm was discharged in a school building or on school grounds. there was another incident last week in las vegas. a husband an...

By the way, one of the things that people never ever acknowledge is, you know, what is true of two-thirds of the gun deaths in america, they are suicides. we have a suicide problem in the united states. >> we have a suicide problem that wouldnt be possible if people werent so armed. if you were suicidal, but not armed, you couldnt do it. i want to talk one other thing about tone. you did talk about one of the things we need to address. one other concern i have. im not going to broad brush ovrnt ...

Officials. we have to break that hammer lock. and if you go down, go to everytown.org right now. we will make sure mr. martinezs word get to your senator. you can go right on to our website, fill out your name, and your zip code, and we will make sure that mr. martinezs words reach every congressman, every senator, and every governor. >> the mobilization question there is, every time you have one of these horrific, murders, or mass murders, does it spur anything? senator richard bloomenthol spok...