(Reuters] – Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors coach refused to discuss basketball in a pre-game conference Tuesday. He instead demanded stricter gun controls after the Texas shooting deaths of at least 18 students and an adult.

According to authorities, an 18-year old gunman shot at a south Texas elementary school, just 80 miles (130km) west of San Antonio before being killed by officers.

Kerr looked visibly shaken, and he has long been a supporter of tighter gun laws. Kerr said that he will not talk about the Warriors’ Eastern Conference finals against the Dallas Mavericks.

“Any basketball questions don’t matter … ,” Kerr told reporters. “In the last ten days, elderly black persons were killed in Buffalo’s supermarket, and in Southern California, there have been Asian churchgoers who have been killed.”

“Now, we have children killed at school. “When are we going do anything? It’s so tiring to get up every day and offer condolences the grieving families out there.

Kerr also condemned lawmakers who block efforts to promote gun control legislation.

The influence of small, rural and often Republican-led states with high gun ownership has been disproportionate in the U.S. Senate. A supermajority (60 votes) is required to pass most legislation within the 100-seat chamber.

Do you know that 90 percent of Americans want universal background checks and background checks regardless of their political affiliation? Kerr stated that 90% of Americans agree with Kerr.

“We are being held hostage in Washington by 50 Senators. They refuse to vote on it, despite the wishes of the American people.” They want to retain their power and won’t let it go to a vote.

U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress for new background checks and to ban “assault weapons” and ammunition magazines with large capacities.

LeBron James of Los Angeles Lakers also called for reform.

He tweeted: “These are children and we keep putting their in dangers way at school.” “Like serious ‘AT SCHOOL,’ it is supposed to be the most safest.

Change is inevitable.