The Golden State Warriors head coach calls for urgent action following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Steve Kerr, head coach of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, has asked politicians in the United States to act after at least 19 children and two adults were killed in a game. school shooting in Texas.
On Tuesday afternoon, a teenager, armed with two assault rifles, opened fire on children and teachers at an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde, in the deadliest attack at a school in the United States in recent weeks. a decade.
Speaking before the Warriors faced the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, Kerr was clearly annoyed that he urged the US senators to reconsider their stance on gun reform.
“When are we going to do something? I’m tired,” Kerr said. “I’m so tired of coming up here and sending my condolences to the devastated families out there.”
“There are now 50 senators who refuse to vote for HR8, which is a background check rule that the House of Representatives passed a few years ago. It sat there for two years,” Kerr added.
“Did you realize that 90 percent of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, want background checks, universal background checks? Ninety percent of us. We are being held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who refuse to even vote, despite what the American people want. They won’t vote because they want to keep their own power. It was horrible. I’ve had enough.”
The Robb Elementary School shooting has caused a wave of grief and rage, with many leading politicians begging for gun control law is enacted.
“It’s time to turn this pain into action for every parent, for every citizen of this country,” US President Joe Biden said, his voice heavy with emotion. “It’s time for those who thwart or delay or stop conventional gun laws – we need to let you know we won’t forget.”
Meanwhile, Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is among Kerr’s players behind their head coach.
“I have children, send them to school every day, take them to school. And you feel for the parents who are going through what they’re going through,” Curry told reporters after the Warriors lost to the Mavericks in the game.
“I can’t even imagine the pain. So for the coach [Kerr] to come here and say what he said and every word he said had power, had meaning. “
