{"id":158226,"date":"2022-05-25T07:53:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=158226"},"modified":"2022-05-25T07:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:53:51","slug":"nba-coach-steve-kerr-issues-impassioned-emotional-gun-plea-after-texas-school-shooting-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/nba-coach-steve-kerr-issues-impassioned-emotional-gun-plea-after-texas-school-shooting-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA coach Steve Kerr issues impassioned &amp; emotional gun plea after Texas school shooting massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Golden State Warriors NBA coach Steve Kerr has delivered a passionate speech about gun violence following the Texas school massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The horrific attack took place on Tuesday morning when the suspected shooter\u00a0Salvador Ramos, 18, opened fire inside\u00a0Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000735698235.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000735698233.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A fourth-grade teacher and a 10-year-old student are among the first of 21 victims to be named after the massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA coach who has long been an advocate for gun control issued an emotional plea following the carnage.<\/p>\n<p>His father was shot dead in a terrorist attack in Beirut in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a news conference ahead of his team&#x27;s game he said: \u201cWhen are we going to do something.<\/p>\n<h3><span>READ MORE ON ROBB ELEMENTARY<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lv-comp-robb-elementary-shooting-blog-copy.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>School shooting likened to Sandy Hook &#038; Parkland after gunman, 18, kills 21<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MP-SANDY-HOOK-REG-COMP-v2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Inside worst school shootings as Texas massacre&#8217;s toll is highest since Sandy Hook<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 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 me, I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence. Enough!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerr has supported on several occasions a bill that would require tighter background checks on those buying firearms. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the bill passing the US House of Representatives last year, it did not get to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, Kerr continued: \u201cI ask you, Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings.<\/p>\n<h3>Most read in The Sun<\/h3>\n<p><style data-emotion=\"css ksk4ta\">.css-ksk4ta{opacity:1;display:block;border-radius:inherit;height:104px;width:156px;-webkit-animation:fadeIn 300ms;animation:fadeIn 300ms;}@-webkit-keyframes fadeIn{from{opacity:0;}to{opacity:1;}}@keyframes fadeIn{from{opacity:0;}to{opacity:1;}}<\/style>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sport-preview-shearer2-copy.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1b3rpqk\">.css-1b3rpqk{width:470px;height:104px;margin:0;padding:0 16px 0 16px;border:1px solid #dcdddd;background-color:#ffffff;}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1ip4d38\">.css-1ip4d38{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:100%;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;-webkit-align-content:center;-ms-flex-line-pack:center;align-content:center;-webkit-box-flex-wrap:nowrap;-webkit-flex-wrap:nowrap;-ms-flex-wrap:nowrap;flex-wrap:nowrap;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:flex-start;justify-content:flex-start;margin-left:calc(-4px\/2);margin-right:calc(-4px\/2);width:470px;height:104px;margin:0;padding:0 16px 0 16px;border:1px solid #dcdddd;background-color:#ffffff;}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 14dqn90\">.css-14dqn90{display:-webkit-inline-box;display:-webkit-inline-flex;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;margin-left:calc(4px\/2);margin-right:calc(4px\/2);}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 12an5ma\">.css-12an5ma{font-family:The Sun;font-size:20px;line-height:1.2;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0%;font-stretch:normal;padding:1px 0px;}.css-12an5ma::before{content:'';display:block;height:0;width:0;margin-bottom:calc(-0.261875em + -1px);}.css-12an5ma::after{content:'';display:block;height:0;width:0;margin-top:calc(-0.25em + -1.3px);}<\/style>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\">\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1xa6fgb\">.css-1xa6fgb{color:rgba(58,121,187,1);text-transform:uppercase;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;margin-right:4px;}.css-1xa6fgb:hover:not(:disabled){-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<p><span>NAME THAT TOON <\/span><\/p>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1efa55o\">.css-1efa55o{display:inline;font:inherit;margin:0;color:rgba(34,37,38,1);-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1efa55o:hover:not(:disabled){-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<h2>Popstar daughter of England legend sends fans wild in see-through top<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SP-LI-LAUNCH-COMPv2.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>hot date <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Love Island start date officially confirmed &#8211; and it&#x27;s just DAYS away<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000731491601.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>FAR-O TO GO <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Holiday warning for Brits heading to Portugal this summer<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SP-VIC-ENGAGED-COMP.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>nice rock, dj <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Calvin Harris ENGAGED to Vick Hope after whirlwind ONE-MONTH romance<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I ask you: Are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers<\/p>\n<p>Because that\u2019s what it looks like. It\u2019s what we do every week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before leaving the press conference Kerr slammed the table and delivered his final statement:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m fed up. I&#x27;ve had enough. We can&#x27;t get numb to this.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We can&#x27;t sit here and just read about it and go, well, let&#x27;s go have a moment of silence.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pathetic. I\u2019ve had enough.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks coach Jason Kidd also shared an emotional message ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &quot;We will truly play with heavy hearts tonight for the community, for the school of Robb Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As coaches, as fathers, we have kids, people in this room have kids, elementary school; you can just think about what could take place with any of your family or friends at a school.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The devastating school shooting atRobb Elementary School massacre was the 27th\u00a0school shooting\u00a0in 2022 that involved injuries or deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Suspect\u00a0Salvador Ramos reportedly\u00a0shot his grandmother\u00a0at a nearby home before crashing and abandoning his vehicle near the elementary school.<\/p>\n<p>He then entered the school and began shooting, allegedly armed with some kind of long rifle, according to Texas officials.<\/p>\n<h3><span>Read More On The Sun<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NA-texas-shooting-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Chilling moment shooter STALKS elementary school building before massacre<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RL-comp-rachael-kardashian.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>I\u2019m the Kardashians&#8217; go-to artist- I drew Kylie&#8217;s son &#038; WILD Kourtney order<\/h3>\n<p>Ramos was reportedly shot dead in a stand-off with law enforcement who responded to calls about the active shooter at\u00a0Robb Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting became the worst elementary school massacre since Sandy Hook in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/ES_05-24-at-16.24.39.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000735617792-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>We pay for your stories!<\/h3>\n<p>Do you have a story for The US Sun team?<\/p>\n<p>Email us at\u00a0exclusive@the-sun.com\u00a0or call\u00a0212 416 4552. 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