Steve Kerr offers latest plea for gun control after tragic shooting at Brown University

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Kerr's father was shot and killed in a terrorist attack in 1984, and Kerr continues speaking out about the topic. Justin Tafoya / Getty Images

PORTLAND, Ore. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr made another passionate plea for more gun control restrictions in the wake of Saturday’s shooting at Brown University. Kerr, unprompted, spoke for three minutes as he finished up his pregame news conference ahead of Sunday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers.

“I do want to say one thing,” Kerr began. “I was sitting here seven years ago after the Parkland shooting. We were in Portland that day, and I remember turning on the news and seeing the news. With what happened last night at Brown, it’s just a reminder to me that these shootings continue to happen, and there is something we can do about them. The loss that all of the people involved (Saturday) night, the loss that they’re feeling, is exactly the same loss as all the Parkland families, and every other mass shooting.

“Nobody asked me about it today. I didn’t expect anybody to ask me. I doubt we’re gonna do a moment of silence out there because it’s human nature just to not want to deal with this stuff. And it’s human nature just to think, ‘This is horrible. Let’s not even think about it.’ But we have to think about it.”

Kerr has been outspoken about this particular topic for years. His father, Malcolm, was shot and killed in a terrorist attack in Beirut in 1984. Gun control is a topic that Kerr has, understandably, felt strongly about for years. Sunday, he used his platform to remind people that they can still make a difference on this topic so that it doesn’t continue.

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