Steve Kerr

"I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families...I'm tired of the moments of silence. Enough!"

How would you feel if this happened to you today? There’s a reason they won’t vote on it: to hold onto power.” I’m so tired of the moments of silence.

The heartbreaking family tragedy behind NBA coach Steve Kerr's emotional gun plea ... 'When are we going to do something?!' ... Golden State Warriors coach Steve ...

“So I received a phone call in the middle of the night from a family friend,” Kerr said. I accept that challenge to try to use my voice and platform to help hopefully make change. His career would feature five championships as a player – highlighted by an incredible game-winning shot against the Jazz in Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals. “My phone rang in my dorm at 3 o’clock in the morning, so I knew something was up. “It made me understand the pain that others experience, the effect that death can have. At that time, the country was mired in civil war between factions backed by foreign nations including Israel and Syria. American citizens in Lebanon became a target after the US government deployed Marines to the country in a failed attempt to secure peace. And America is listening. Steve Kerr hardly ever speaks of his father’s murder in public or private. Few would have predicted he would become an NBA champion with Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, or a superb coach at the Warriors. The Golden State coach’s father, Malcolm Kerr, was himself a victim of gun violence. It’s made me realise that millions of people go through these things.” “Before my father was killed, my life was impenetrable,” he said to the Tribune.

Reacting to the Texas school shooting earlier in the day, Golden State Warriors' head coach Steve Kerr gets emotional during his press conference before ...

“Doesn’t seem like it would be that far of a stretch, but for whatever reason, we’re paralyzed and unable to do anything to protect our citizens. “Hopefully we’ll find enough people, first of all, to vote good people in, but hopefully we can find enough people with courage to help our citizens remain safe and focus on the real safety issues. Nov. 6, 2017: “To solve it, I think we almost have to look at it like a public-health issue. It doesn’t matter that people are being shot at a concert, in a movie theater. It doesn’t seem to matter to our government that children are being shot to death day after day in schools. There are so many common-sense gun reform measures that we can take, and yet we refuse to do so out of ideological dynamics. “Our government hasn’t done anything in terms of gun-safety laws. Nov. 8, 2018: “I know we’re going to have a moment of silence tonight. “Everyone has their personal issue that’s important to them, and my personal issue is gun safety, gun control. Freedom would be the ability to live without fear of getting murdered.” I’m sorry — I’m tired of the moments of silence. “I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there.

Steve Kerr didn't want to talk about basketball. Despite the Golden State Warriors being one win away from their first NBA Finals appearance since 2019, ...

Like seriously "AT SCHOOL" where it's suppose to be the safest!" "The Astros are absolutely heartbroken by today’s tragedy in our state. He added, "There simply has to be change! "My thoughts and prayers goes out to the families of love ones loss & injured at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX! Like when is enough enough man!!! "Absolutely tragic," Paul tweeted. "We're going to try to play the game. We have no choice, the game is not going to be canceled... We will truly play with heavy hearts tonight for the school of Robb Elementary School." "That's what we're going to do. In the last 10 days, we've had elderly Black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California. Now we have children murdered at school." to think about your own child or grandchild, mother or father, sister, brother." "I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there.

Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, in a press conference just hours before Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs series against the Dallas ...

The NBA playoffs series Kerr's Golden State Warriors are playing in is currently in Dallas, about 350 miles from Uvalde, where at least 18 children and two adults are dead after a shooting at an elementary school on Tuesday. Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, in a press conference just hours before Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs series against the Dallas Mavericks pleaded with lawmakers to pass gun control legislation. More: Horror at Uvalde school is another chapter in the long legacy of Texas mass shootings

Hours before Tuesday night's Game 4 in Dallas, Warriors coach Steve Kerr delivered an impassioned plea for gun control in response to the mass shooting at a ...

Just two days after the Buffalo mass shooting, one person was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, California, that was described by the Orange County sheriff as a "politically motivated hate incident." But the news of what is happening, not just here in Texas but throughout our country, is sad." After the game, Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale echoed Kerr, emphasizing, "Something has to change." "We will truly play with heavy hearts tonight for the community, for the school of Robb Elementary School," Kidd said. I've had enough" Kerr said. 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? "I'm fed up. As he looked into the camera, he continued, "So I ask you: [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings. "Uvalde, There are no right words. This was the school's last week of classes before summer break. I am so tired of the, excuse, I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence. On numerous occasions, including Tuesday, Kerr has pointed to H.R.8, a bill that would tighten background check rules for firearm purchases.

Following the tragic shooting that took place at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas earlier in the day, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr delivered ...

For coach to come up here and say what he said - every word that he said was powerful, was meaningful. I am so tired of the - I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence. 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?

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr refused to talk about basketball before his team's playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

But the news of what is happening, not just here in Texas but throughout our country, is sad.” The winner will advance to the NBA finals, where they will play the Miami Heat or Boston Celtics. 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? “We will truly play with heavy hearts tonight for the community, for the school of Robb Elementary School,” Kidd said. I am so tired of the, excuse me, I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence. Kerr looked into the camera before addressing the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell. “I ask you, Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings.

Golden State Warriors basketball coach Steve Kerr has used his pre-NBA playoff tip-off media conference to demand gun control change in the wake of the ...

I'm tired of moments of silence. The death toll increased today. And in the last 10 days we've had elderly black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo. We've had Asian church-goers killed in Southern California. And now we have children murdered at school. "My heart is broken today," Harrell said. "I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. When are we going to do something?"

Golden State coach Steve Kerr refused to talk about basketball in the wake of the shooting - a tragedy that hits close to home for the NBA great.

I’m so tired. I’m tired. I’m tired of the moments of silence.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr made an impassioned plea to take stronger action against gun violence in the United States after 19 children and ...

"We're going to try to play the game. The game is not going to be canceled. "We're going to play the game tonight. How would you feel if this happened to you today?" "There's 50 Senators right now who refuse to vote on H.R. 8, which is a background check rule that the House passed a couple years ago. 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.

A senseless and tragic school shooting in Texas took the lives of 18 children and the NBA world reacted before a playoff game in the same state.

Keeping the families of those lost today in my thoughts.#EndGunViolence Me and my family are sending prayers to the families affected today at Robb Elementary 🙏🏾 Elementary school, you can just think about what could take place with your family or friends at a school…the news of what is happening, not just here in Texas, but throughout our country is sad."

"When are we gonna do something?!" the Golden State Warriors head coach asked Tuesday night. "I'm tired of the moments of silence. Enough."

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