Spurs coach Greg Popovich called for stricter gun control before Sunday afternoon's game against the Dallas Mavericks.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - APRIL 04: Head coach Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs looks on during the game against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on April 04, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns beat the Spurs 115-94. NOTE TO USER: User expresslySan Antonio Spurs 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.
"I just wondered because we have a governor and lieutenant governor and an attorney general that made it easier to have more guns," Popovich said, referring to Texas officials, according to ESPN. "That was a response to our kids getting murdered. I just thought that was a little bit strange decision. It's just me, though."He then started on his essay about Reps.
Popovich took issue with the responses to the Covenant School mass shooting in Tennessee from Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Gov. Bill Lee. Popovich cited Blackburn’s office by saying the senator was in contact with authorities responding to the shooting and Lee offering prayers and saying he was monitoring the situation."But they’re going to cloak all this stuff [in] the myth of the Second Amendment, the freedom," he added. "You know, it's just a myth. It’s a joke.
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