Bulls' Joakim Noah holsters his finger guns after Newtown shootings

Kansas City ^ | 12/19/2012 | Lisa Gutierrez

[Responsibility2nd]

In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings, Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah has retired his trademark six-shooter celebration.

Every time he makes a big play he pretends to fire off two guns with his fingers. But, as media outlets noted on Tuesday, he didn't do it once during his triple-double performance in the Bulls' 100-89 victory over Boston.

After the game he told reporters that "you can’t joke around with things like that. Too many people are dying because of guns. We have a problem here with guns. So just trying to be a little bit compassionate about what’s going on.”

Noah, who says he's never owned guns, has been doing the move since the 2010-11 season.

[Responsibility2nd]

I feel safer already.

[EEGator]

He’s harnessing his inner Frog...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Yep. This is turning into another 1968 after the death of Bobby Kennedy.

Actor Rex Allen quit wearing his trademark six shooters in the anti-gun panic that resulted.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

He still looks like a girl.

[Coldwater Creek]

I said the same thing to my daughter the other night when we watching the Grizzlies beat up on Chicago. He has a beautiful mother though. I personally can't stand him since his college days.