Outspoken Spurs coach makes plea for tighter gun control.
coach Gregg Popovich used the final pregame press conference of the NBA season to call for stricter gun measures in the U.S. and slammed lawmakers in his speech.. The outspoken coach spoke for more than nine minutes, calling for tighter gun laws in the U.S. as well as addressing the Tennessee state lawmakers who voted for the expulsion of two state representatives.
"I mean, we've got two young Black guys in Tennessee who just got railroaded by a bunch of people that I would bet down deep in their soul want to go back to Jim Crow," Popovich said."And what they just did is a good start. It's beyond comprehension. And what were they guilty of? They actually protested?"
"Those [Tennessee Republican] legislators called those kids that were protesting insurrectionists. That's hard to believe in America. But America ain't what we thought America was. It's changed. So, if those kids are insurrectionists, what were the people on Jan. 6th? What do we call them? What's the next step or word or level of violence after insurrectionists? I don't know what it is.
"But Ted Cruz will fix it because he is going to double the number of cops in the schools. That’s what he wants to do. Well, that’ll create a great environment. Is that freedom? Or is it freedom to have a congressman who can make a postcard with all his family holding rifles, including an AR-15 or whatever. Is that cool? Is that like street cred for a Republican? That’s freedom? That’s more important than protecting kids? I don’t get it.
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