Charles Barkley wants to take fans out back 'and shoot them'

Fans can be so extreme. Good thing there's a voice of reason like Charles Barkley to put things in perspective. In an interview with radio host Jim Rome, the TNT analyst and Weight Watchers shill tsk-tsked the lunatic fringe, wishing that he could take 20 percent of NBA fans "out back and just shoot them" -- to which Knicks fan @dinardodp tweeted, "Anybody else in the media talking about fans being shot would be jobless." Rome gave Sir Charles a chance to soften that message, but old Bread Truck delivered again: "No, Jim, I meant that." Guess the first 10 pounds Chuck dropped were his head.

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