‘Drown Gun Owners in Paperwork’- Martina Navratilova Says America Needs to Follow Australia to Reduce Mass Shootings

Martina Navratilova, the Czechoslovakia-born American tennis ace, traveled to the nation as a teenager. She has fought almost her entire career under the flag of America and wept at times for letting her country down. The legendary tennis player has never shied away from voicing her views.

Further, Navratilova is one of the most successful tennis entities, her words garner a lot of attention and hold significant value. Hence, her sway over the masses is evident. 

Martina Navratilova on violence and other social issues

Recently the 18 times Grand slam champion addressed gun violence and disclosed her stance in the debate on abortion. She said, “There is a mass shooting on a daily basis. And abortion has gone completely off the radar.” 

Thereafter, she spoke about the feasible measure in regards to controlling the increasing armed assaults. “I wouldn’t take people’s guns away. I want to incentivize them to hand them over like they have done in Australia. Drown gun owners in paperwork,” Martina confessed.

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“[Then] we will see how badly you really have to have the assault rifle, whose only purpose is to kill as many people as quickly as possible,” She added.

The nine times Wimbledon champion apart from striving for the betterment of human society has also endeavored toward animal rights. She used to hunt game but gave it along with meat about 20 years ago. Further being a lesbian herself, she has openly advocated LGBTQ+ rights as well over the years.

Navratilova’s achivements

The tennis ace debuted in the era that was already under Chris Evert’s domination. Even so, she managed to bring some prestigious records under her name. In fact, by the end of seven times French Open champion’s career, Navratilova took the lead in 43-37 head-to-head scores.

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The veteran claimed 167 singles trophies and held the ranking of World no.1 for a record period of 332 weeks. Further, in the other two categories also she has noteworthy achievements. As Navratilova bagged 177 doubles and 15 mixed doubles titles during her active days.