White Sox's Liam Hendriks decries gun violence in comments ab atlanta braves fan shop out Highland Park shooting: 'Something needs to be done'

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White Sox closer Liam Hendriks spoke out about gun violence Monday in the wake of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, that left six dead and dozens more injured.

Hendriks said before the White Sox's game vs. the Twins at Chicago's Guarant atlanta braves jersey button up eed Rate Field that mass shootings in the United States are "becoming all too commonplace" and not enough is being done to curb gun violence in the country.

"Something needs to be done," he told reporters. "Something needs to happen because there's way too many people losing their lives."

"It's not only about the peopMLB Baby Clothing le that lose their lives," he added. "It's the tragic [feeling] that goes throughout the entire community when people are concerned about leaving the house, concerned about doing the day-to-day things of going to work or any number of these things."

Hendriks, a native Australian, said he is "baffled" by theUnder Armour gun cu atlanta brave shirts lture in the U.S. Specifically, he struggles to reconcile how relaxed American gun laws are compared to other laws in the country.

"I had to take a driving test when I [came] over [to America]," Hendrik atMLB Pantslanta braves jersey olson s said. "I won’t have to take a test if I want to atlanta braves jersey pullover get a gun. That’s stupid. Whoever thought that was a great idea is an idiot."

What does Hendriks believe the U.S. should do? He pointed to Australia's treatment of the Port Arthur massacre of 1996 as a potential example to follow. After that shootiMLB Trading Cardsng, which left 35 dead and 23 wounded, Australia implemented stronger gun-control measures. Gun-related homicides and suicides dropped significantly after that.

"Things need to get done or else, I mean, it's getting to the point where civilization as you know it may be ending," he said. "Just due to the fact that there's two drastically different sides (on guns and the Second Amendment).

"Something needs to change. Something needs to happen, and it needs to happen quick."

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