Basketball is the last thing on Steve Kerr‘s mind. After the Golden State Warriors’ game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night (May 24), the 56-year-old head coach of the Warriors gave a press conference where he didn’t talk about the game, but rather gave an impassioned speech about gun control following the school shooting in Texas. Click inside to read more… “Since we left shootaround, 14 children were killed, 400 miles from here.
And a teacher,” Coach Kerr started, referring to the mass shooting that occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas earlier that day.
The death toll has since risen to 19 children and two adults. The 18-year-old suspect, a student at Uvalde High School who entered the elementary school with a handgun and possibly a rifle, is also dead, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said. “When are we going to do something?” Coach Kerr yelled, slamming his fists on the table. “I’m tired.
I am so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. I am so tired of the, excuse, I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence.
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