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Spurs' Gregg Popovich makes plea for tighter gun control, likens Second Amendment to 'myth'

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. San 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. Popovich spoke to the media before the team’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. The outspoken coach spoke for more than nine minutes, calling for tighter gun laws in the U.S.

as well as addressing the Tennessee state lawmakers who voted for the expulsion of two state representatives. He asked reporters whether any of them were carrying a gun. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich counsels guard Blake Wesley (14) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, April 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Randall Benton) "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." "Well, since you guys asked, what would it take to budge those people?

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