NBA star Stephen Curry and Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr both expressed sadness over the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, but also called for stricter gun control.
Following President Trump’s shooting, members of the U.S. Olympic basketball team were asked by reporters for their reaction to the horrific incident.
Kerr, who coaches both the NBA Warriors and Team USA, said he will pay particular attention to how his teams act on behalf of the country.
“It’s a very proud time to go to the Olympics with the American flag on my chest and represent my country,” Kerr told reporters in Abu Dhabi, UAE. “I’ve spoken to our athletes about how important it is to look your best as human beings and represent our country with respect and dignity. It makes me want to do that even more because it’s really embarrassing for us to sit here and think about what’s happened and what’s going on in our country.”
ESPN He noted that his father, Malcolm Kerr, was assassinated in 1984 in Beirut, Lebanon, by a militant group called Islamic Jihad. Malcolm Kerr was president of the American University of Beirut.
“It’s a demoralizing day for our country. This is yet another example of not only the political division in our country, but the gun culture,” Carr said, referring to the shooter. “A 20-year-old with an AR-15 is trying to shoot a former president. It’s all hard to comprehend, and it’s scary to think what could happen next, given the problems that already exist in this country. So this is a terrible day.”
“Thankfully Trump wasn’t attacked, but it’s extremely demoralizing in every sense of the word,” he added.
“Obviously, first and foremost, it’s gun control.”
However, the would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was widely reported to have committed the crime using a legally purchased rifle stolen from his father in 2013. ABC News report.
NBA champion Curry Team USA Star Curry also spoke from Abu Dhabi, expressing his sadness but also calling for further restrictions on firearms.
“It’s obviously a very sad time across the board,” Curry said. “With all the discussion about the election and the political situation in our country, this has happened. [evokes] “There’s a lot of emotion going around about things that we as a nation need to get right,” he said. Said In front of a Team USA backdrop.
“Of course, the first thing is gun control, because someone could carry out such an attack. But more than that, [see] “Positivity and hope. I know that sounds corny, but it’s true. This is when our country is at its best and it just adds another blemish to what’s going on. Sad is the only word I can come up with,” he concluded.
Curry and Kerr visited the White House in early 2023 to present the president with a basketball jersey, while Kerr and several other players participated in a roundtable discussion on gun control issues.
Carr’s anti-gun activism goes back years. Blaming Republicans for the shooting.
They “refuse to do anything about the violence, the school shootings, the supermarket shootings,” Carr said in 2022. They “put their greed for power above the lives of children, seniors, churchgoers,” he added.
Curry is more widespread made a statement Although he opposes gun violence, he is less enthusiastic than Carr in calling for stricter gun laws.
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