The Gun Culture: Newtown CT And The NBA

By Josh Helmuth

The NBA has a long history with guns and the glamorization of gun culture. This is not something new. Yet with the current climate of escalating gun violence in our schools, what responsibility do basketball players and the NBA have toward an attitude they appear to tacitly promote.

Cosmetic gestures like the 1997 change of renaming the Washington Bullets to the Washington Wizards are no longer…

Josh Helmuth
Josh Helmuth

Josh is originally from the small berg of Arthur, Ill, proudly the Amish capital of the state. It also has one hell of a pumpkin patch.

Josh has enjoyed dipping his toes into a variety of careers since graduating from the University of Alabama, the most rewarding thus far having served as a youth director in southern California for four years, and his broadcasting career which has garnered two Emmy awards and three Edward R. Murrow Awards.  

Josh enjoys loud rock music, Tom Hanks movies, dogs that like to cuddle and long runs. He is also always in search for America's greatest cheeseburger. Follow him here if you would like to be friends!

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