Warriors HC Steve Kerr Goes on 3-Minute Rant About Gun Laws After Brown University Shooting

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Warriors HC Steve Kerr Goes on 3-Minute Rant About Gun Laws After Brown University Shooting. [photo: Imagn]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr talked to reporters ahead of his team’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Inevitably, Kerr was asked to comment on the Brown University shooting on Saturday that left two students dead and nine injured.

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The multi-titled coach did not hold back, spending more than three minutes expressing his thoughts on the incident. Kerr said:

“I just want people out there, it doesn’t matter if you’re Democrat or Republican, or gun owner, or non-gun-owner. I just want people thinking, what if it were my child? What if it were my brother or sister?
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“Would you be willing to stand up to your representatives and say, ‘You know what, enough. I’m not going to vote for you unless you are going to stand up for gun violence prevention through common sense laws that the vast majority of Americans agree on.”

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Steve Kerr recalled the Parkland, Florida, shooting in 2018 when they were also in Portland for a game against the Blazers. He emphasized that the feelings of the victims of that shooting and the feelings of the victims in Brown were exactly the same. Kett added that in the seven years between both shootings, “common sense measures”against gun violence remain pending.

Gun Violence Archive reported that the Brown incident was the 389th case of mass shooting in the country. The site defines “mass shooting” as an event that resulted in “four or more victims killed or injured,” excluding the culprit.

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Steve Kerr once blasted 50 Senators for holding “hostage” Americans who want more gun control laws

Steve Kerr has been passionately urging lawmakers to pass laws that will help prevent gun violence. In 2022, following a shooting in Uvalde, Texas that caused the death of 19 individuals and injured 21 others, Kerr let loose. A visibly distressed Kerr refused to talk basketball, making his pregame conference a platform to address the incident:

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"I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. I'm tired of the moments of silence.
"We are being held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who refuse to even put it to a vote, despite what we, the American people, want. They won't vote on it, because they want to hold on to their own power."
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Steve Kerr emphasized that the H.R. 8 bill, also known as the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, was approved by Congress in 2021. The bill couldn’t be approved into law by the Senate.

Kerr wasn’t as emotional when he talked about the Brown shooting, but his message remained the same.

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