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Shaquille O’Neal Says the Solution to School Violence Is More Cops, Not Less Guns

Shaquille O’Neal Says the Solution to School Violence Is More Cops, Not Less Guns
Former Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal addresses the media before a memorial service for Los Angeles Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2013. Photo by Harry How/Getty Images
Colin Fredericson
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Basketball Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal weighed in on the debate about how to curb school shootings, after the recent Parkland, Florida school shooting took place not far from his Fort Lauderdale home.

Shaq explained how police presence curbed school violence during his own upbringing, via a radio appearance on WABC.
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