Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr used a pregame television appearance prior to an NBA game to comment on a shooting at Brown University and to again suggest that changes to gun laws could prevent similar attacks.
Before the Left calls for gun control…
Rhode Island is a strict gun control state and Brown University is a gun-free zone.
Show them this. Not that it will matter. pic.twitter.com/nlho7h8Pni
— C3 (@C_3C_3) December 14, 2025
Kerr’s remarks were reported by the Associated Press following the game.
According to the outlet, Kerr said, “It’s just a reminder to me that these shootings continue to happen and there is something we can do about them.”
He continued by comparing the reported impact of the Brown University shooting to other high-profile mass shootings.
“The loss that all of the people involved last night, the loss that they’re feeling, it’s 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… It’s human nature just to think, ‘This is so horrible. Let’s just not even think about it.’ But, we have to think about it,” Kerr said, according to the Associated Press.
Kerr has previously spoken publicly about gun policy and has developed a public reputation for advocating for gun control measures over several years.
Following the May 24, 2022, shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Kerr addressed reporters after a Warriors playoff game.
In that incident, an individual using a legally purchased rifle carried out an attack that resulted in multiple deaths.
Speaking days after the shooting, Kerr said, “When are we going to do something! I’m tired, I’m so tired of getting up here and then offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there, and I’m so tired of the moments of silence. Enough!”
Steve Kerr on today’s tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas. pic.twitter.com/lsJ8RzPcmC
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 24, 2022
In the weeks that followed the Uvalde shooting, Kerr publicly urged the nationwide adoption of background checks.
In those remarks, Kerr referenced universal background checks and stated that California demonstrated the effectiveness of that approach.
California currently enforces universal background checks and maintains some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the United States.
Despite those policies, available data show that California recorded more “active shooter incidents” than any other state during the period from 2020 through 2024.
Outside the United States, Australia also maintains strict gun control laws.
Despite those restrictions, at least 15 people were shot and killed at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening.
These shootings most often happen in states with strict anti-gun laws, and in places within non anti-gun states, but within cities and other areas where there IS anti-gun ordinances.
Terrorists and other wackos think twice before trying to shoot people in an area where the people have legally owned guns and are able to shoot back at the ‘bad guys’.
The 2nd Amendment is a RIGHT that the Constitution clearly states cannot be infringed!
The people who legally carry guns are well aware of this. For us there are only three reasons to have a gun … hunting, range practice, and protection. NEVER for offensive reasons.
But protection has become the biggest reason recently because anti-gunners have made it easy for ‘bad guys’ to do whatever they want to do. ‘Bad guys’ want to rob, rape, and kill whoever they can while getting away with it.
Legal and moral gun owners make it harder for the ‘bad guys’ to do that! liberals make it easier.