STEVE KERR: Every time I hear about someone dying from gun violence, I think about my own experience and the shock and pain that goes with it, and that's one of the reasons I've really taken on, you know, the gun violence prevention issue as kind of a pet project, something that I really devote a lot of time to.
CHARLES BARKLEY: Yeah. I was going to say, Steve, number one, I want to thank you personally. I want to thank Gregg Popovich. We got a lot of other great coaches, you know, talking about George Floyd. You spoke brilliant about that, you and coach Popovich, about police brutality. But to piggy back on your point about the gun violence, what do you think really needs to be done? Because we seem to be having these conversations every week, every month, every year.
KERR: Right.
BARKLEY: What do we really need to do to address gun violence?
KERR: Well, unfortunately, our democracy's not working right now, Charles. Because if you look at the data, 80% of Americans -- 80% to 90% of Americans want universal background checks, regardless if you're a Republican or Democrat. 70% of Americans think that weapons of military background -- AR-15s, semiautomatic rifles -- 70% of us don't believe American citizens should have their hands on weapons like those. But our policy don't reflect that. Our policies that the government has the power to put in place don't reflect the people's wishes. And so it's yet another issue in American society that's tied up in politics and money and power. Frankly what we actually need is some Republican candidates to be able to run on a policy of gun violence prevention and not be kicked out of their party. If they can actually run and win elections with the idea of protecting American families, now our democracy will work. But we’re too tied up in political turmoil for that to actually happen right now.