NBA superstar Ja Morant lives in Memphis, Tennessee where owning guns is not only legal … but a way of life. Media Take Out learns that the baller decided to show off one of his many legal guns last night on Instagram, and it’s causing outrage.
Ja, who is a law abiding citizen (and also a longtime reader of Media Take Out), posed on Instagram with one of his firearms. And it was a harmless post, especially since his gun ownership is Constitutionally protected.
But folks all over social media are trying to make the superstar player into a criminal – for posting a photo of himself with a legal gun.
Why is it that a White person can post pics of guns and they’re 2nd Amendment patriots, but when a Black man does it, he’s a thug?
Ja is a professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “G12”, he played college basketball for the Murray State Racers, where he was a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2019.
Morant was only lightly recruited by NCAA Division I programs and unranked by recruiting services, despite having been named All-Region Most Valuable Player three times and earning All-State honors at Crestwood High School in Sumter, South Carolina. Nevertheless, he made an immediate impact at Murray State University, earning first-team all-conference honors in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) as a freshman. He had a breakout sophomore season; it saw him win OVC Player of the Year as well as lead the NCAA in assists. Also as a sophomore, Morant became the first player in NCAA history to average 20-plus points and 10-plus assists per game for a single season.
Morant was selected by the Grizzlies with the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft and named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2020. He was named to his first NBA All Star Game in 2022 as a starter, and won the NBA Most Improved Player Award at the conclusion of the season, Morant was also selected to his first All-NBA Team in 2022.
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