On Monday, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr participated in a town hall discussion on gun violence with U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna at Newark Memorial High School.
Kerr urged students in attendance to vote and be proactive in trying to spark change.
“I’m not going to say if we change the gun laws, it will stop all terrorism and gun violence,” Kerr said. “But let’s do something. Let’s see if we can save some lives.”
#Warriors coach #stevekerr tells students at #Newark Memorial High to help stop gun violence. “The old guys aren’t going to be able to do it. It’s you, the young people who are going to do it, the next generation.”
— Julia Prodis Sulek (@juliasulek) March 12, 2018
Gun violence, Kerr stressed, should not be viewed as a partisan issue, via Mark Medina of The Mercury News:
Steve Kerr explains why gun violence shouldn’t be seen as a partisan issue. Questions the argument about arming teachers pic.twitter.com/sIAzy3i8qo
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 12, 2018
Let’s get to the point where this is not a partisan issue. I don’t care if you’re conservative or liberal or Democrat or Republican. It shouldn’t matter. There are plenty of worthy issues to discuss along party lines, whether it’s taxes, or immigration, foreign policy. There’s lots of stuff that deserves healthy debate. But kids getting murdered in high schools, and people getting murdered by semi-automatic weapons – weapons that belong in the military. That should not be open for debate. It should not be a partisan issue.
Kerr went on to explain why he is against teachers being armed:
Steve Kerr explains why he’s against teachers being armed pic.twitter.com/5MMgVRUBUo
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 12, 2018
I don’t believe in the old adage about more guns is going to make us safe. I think there’s an excellent likelihood that mistakes would happen.
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