Warriors Steve Kerr Calls For 'Common Sense Gun Laws' Not Just Moments Of Silence

San Francisco CA

04 April, 2022

5:16 PM

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CBS San Francisco April 4, 2022 As Golden State coach Steve Kerr stood for a moment of silence before Sunday night's tip-off of the Warriors-Sacramento Kings game, he knew in his heart and mind more needed to be done hours after a deadly salvo of gunfire claimed nine lives and wounded 12 others in the streets near the Golden 1 Center. Kerr has lived with the devastating impact gun violence can take on a family. His father, Malcolm, was gunned down by an assassin while serving as president of the American University of Beirut in 1984. "We'll have a moment of silence before the game," he said in a pre-game news conference. "It's the right thing to do, to have a moment of silence. But I'll be honest, it's probably the ninth or 10th moment of silence that I will have experienced as coach of the Warriors when we mourn people who have died in mass shootings." CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.