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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Well just because it's not illegal in a criminal sense doesn't mean it doesn't meet the threshold needed for an employer to discipline an employee.
Also the NBA is high profile, high value business that is, like many businesses, risk averse. Having your premiere talents like Ja on social media brandishing weapons is not a good look for really any business. I also think the issue of gun violence is front and center for the NBA, and how much harm gun violence has had on the Black community in the USA. The NBA is looking to be a place trying to appeal to good values and have its employees be advocates and role models for positive socially responsible behavior. Business's can set their own code of conduct and anything thought to bring harm to the reputation of their business can and will be punished accordingly.
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It's pretty interesting to me. Culturally Canada is so different than the States on gun ownership views. Being Canadian I don't understand their obsession with the right to gun ownership, though I see why they like the "toy" aspect of it all. I just don't understand from the NBAs standpoint how they position guns within their governance documents to American players where guns are part of their first amendment rights? It must be super touchy, and given their lust for guns, I wonder if it's been challenged? From a culture perspective I never thought of it before until now but it's interesting to me. FWIW, I have a very strong aversion to the American view on this stuff...going to the states and seeing people having sidearms is jarring.