Joakim Noah has the solution to fixing Americaâs current mess
Joakim Noah
Joakim Noah  a noted pacifist and critic of Donald Trump  has a two-step plan to get this country back on track: institute tougher gun control and invest in the inner cities.
âI would make it a lot harder to get guns  No. 1 â  Noah  said. âI mean kids have access to guns in this country and we donât even talk about it. Kids are killing each other at alarming rates and itsâ still so easy to buy guns  to buy bullets. We point fingers whenever we can. Itâs just so easy to buy a gun in this country. So I would start with that.
âI would make more of an investment in the communities  in the âhood â  Noah  added. âThere definitely needs to be more of an investment by these politicians. I think thatâs where violence prevention starts  in these community centers. And if you go into these neighborhoods  thereâs not much going on. So I think if we can invest in the kids  I think the violence will go down.â
Although  Noah  said thereâs no plan yet to protest the anthem   he âs appreciative of Colin Kaepernick for finally forcing the conversation.
âI think itâs great because weâre finally talking about whatâs important  â Noah  said. âObviously I have my beliefs. I put in a lot of work in the neighborhoods trying to help at risk youth. I have my opinions. But I respect this country a lot  but we have to look at everything thatâs going on as a positive because weâre finally talking about issues that are usually swept under the rug. Because somebody takes a knee weâre finally talking about whatâs important.â
Last year  Noah  declined to participate in a team activity with cadets at West Point â where the Knicks were holding training camp â because of  his  anti-war views. It wasnât a protest   he  said  just a decision not to feel uncomfortable.  He  is also active with  his  Chicago-based foundation â Noahâs Arc â which works to promote positive change in violence-ravaged city.
[TGT] a noted pacifist and critic of Donald Trump  has a two-step plan to get this country back on track: institute tougher gun control and invest in the inner cities.
âI would make it a lot harder to get guns  No. 1 â   [TGT] said. âI mean kids have access to guns in this country and we donât even talk about it. Kids are killing each other at alarming rates and itsâ still so easy to buy guns  to buy bullets. We point fingers whenever we can. Itâs just so easy to buy a gun in this country. So I would start with that.
âI would make more of an investment in the communities  in the âhood â   [TGT] added. âThere definitely needs to be more of an investment by these politicians. I think thatâs where violence prevention starts  in these community centers. And if you go into these neighborhoods  thereâs not much going on. So I think if we can invest in the kids  I think the violence will go down.â
Although   [TGT] said thereâs no plan yet to protest the anthem    [TGT]  âs appreciative of Colin Kaepernick for finally forcing the conversation.
âI think itâs great because weâre finally talking about whatâs important  â  [TGT] said. âObviously I have my beliefs. I put in a lot of work in the neighborhoods trying to help at risk youth. I have my opinions. But I respect this country a lot  but we have to look at everything thatâs going on as a positive because weâre finally talking about issues that are usually swept under the rug. Because somebody takes a knee weâre finally talking about whatâs important.â
Last year   [TGT] declined to participate in a team activity with cadets at West Point â where the Knicks were holding training camp â because of   [TGT]   anti-war views. It wasnât a protest    [TGT]   said  just a decision not to feel uncomfortable.   [TGT]   is also active with   [TGT]   Chicago-based foundation â Noahâs Arc â which works to promote positive change in violence-ravaged city.