NBA – Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors) furious after a massacre in Texas: “When are we going to do something?”

When sport is secondary. Golden State coach Steve Kerr has made a strong case for gun control in response to a Texas school shooting that killed 18 people on Tuesday, sending the American sports world into turmoil and anger.

“Since we left the training session, 14 children have been killed 600 km from here, and a teacher. In the past ten days, black seniors have been killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, Asian worshipers have been killed in Southern California, and now children have been killed at school“, listed Kerr, throat tight and eyes misty.

An 18-year-old opened fire earlier Tuesday at a primary school in the municipality of Uvalde, killing 18 young students and at least one teacher. A drama that plunged America back into a chronic nightmare and immediately revived the debate on firearms in the United States.

“When are we going to do something? I’m tired. Tired of standing in front of you to offer my condolences to the devastated families. I have enough. We are going to play tonight (Tuesday, editor’s note). But I want every listener to think of their own child or grandchild, mother or father, sister or brother. How would you feel if this happened to you today?“asked Kerr, whose father was murdered by Islamist terrorists, in Beirut in 1984.

Hitting the table in front of him, he attacked the American senators who refuse to legislate despite the litany of massacres. “Do you realize that 90% of Americans, regardless of their political orientation, want background checks or psychological background checks on purchasers of small arms? We are being held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who refuse to even put this measure to a vote, despite what we, the American people, want.“, he lambasted.

LeBron James and NFL stars also spoke out

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James also expressed outrage and called for change. “It’s enough ! They are children and we continue to endanger them at school. Seriously, AT SCHOOL, where it’s supposed to be the safest (…) It just has to change. IT MUST !“, tweeted James.

NFL stars have also reacted in this direction, such as the quarterback Patrick Mahomes, winner of the Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs and who grew up in Texas, or DeMarcus Lawrence, defender of the Dallas Cowboys, who addressed directly to the governor of this state, Greg Abbott: “Who is going to get on it and DEMAND that we have better security in all these schools that can’t afford it ? How come our tax dollars are not going to those who need protection the most? OUR CHILDREN! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !“.