Steve Kerr was angry and shook as he condemned senators, particularly Republican leaderMitch McConnell, for failing to act on gun legislation hours after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
When are we going to do something? Kerr, the Golden State Warriors head coach, shouted at a press conference before his team was set to take on the Dallas Mavericks. The teams were playing in Dallas, over 300 miles from the site of the massacre.
I want to know if you will put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children.
A mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, where a racist man targeted mostly Black people, was one of the things that Kerr was referring to when he refused to discuss basketball. Both happened within the past two weeks.
HR8 is a bill that would expand background checks for gun purchases. The House passed it in the year, but it would have to clear the 60-vote threshold in the Senate. Several attempts to impose restrictions on access to guns have been swatted away by Republicans.
The American people want it to be voted on, but 50 senators in Washington refuse to do so. The coach slammed the table several times during his plea.
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Tuesday night, and Kerr made his remarks soon after. The president asked if we should do what we know in God's name.
The Golden State Warriors posted the video of Kerr's emotional plea for real action on gun violence. The majority owner of the team is a venture capitalist.
Malcolm Kerr, the president of the American University of Beirut, was killed in 1984 in Lebanon. The coach and former NBA player is an advocate for gun control.
We can't get numb to this, Kerr said Tuesday evening.
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