Golden State Warriors basketball coach Steve Kerr speaks to the media.Credit:San Francisco Chronicle
Kerr,whose father was shot dead in Beirut in 1984,said most Americans supported tighter gun legislation,but Republican senators were refusing to vote on a bipartisan bill mandating universal background checks that was passed by the US House of Representatives in March.
“You realise that 90 per cent of Americans,regardless of political party want background checks ... They won’t vote on it because they want to hold on to their own power. It’s pathetic. I’ve had enough,” a fired-up Kerr said before storming out of the press conference.