Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow backs stricter gun control measures: 'you’ve gotta at least make it harder'

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow urged U.S. lawmakers to enact new gun control legislation to "make it harder" for people to purchase "those crazy guns," a likely reference to long rifles.

The NFL star's remarks came during a press conference Tuesday, when he said he does not believe people should be able to "just walk in" a gun store and purchase a firearm and that there should be a "rigorous process" to buy a gun.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow warms up before the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Americans wishing to purchase a firearm from a licensed gun store are currently required to undergo background checks.

"With everything that’s going on, if you’re not going to outlaw everything, you’ve gotta at least make it harder to get those crazy guns that everybody is using," Burrow said. "I don’t think you should be able to just walk in there and buy one. You gotta be able to go through a rigorous process to buy something like that, I think."

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"Hopefully, the people who get paid to make those decisions figure that out. My job is to play football, but hopefully the politicians can figure that out," he continued.

Burrow's comments come after a string of recent mass shootings in New York, Texas and elsewhere. 

Other sports figures like Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr have spoken out in favor of new gun control measures in recent weeks.

"When are we going to do something? I’m tired," Kerr said at a press conference in May following the school shooting in