{"id":2080413,"date":"2023-10-26T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-coach-mike-brown-and-celebrities-call-for-gun-control-following-maine-mass-shooting-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T20:16:00","slug":"nba-coach-mike-brown-and-celebrities-call-for-gun-control-following-maine-mass-shooting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-coach-mike-brown-and-celebrities-call-for-gun-control-following-maine-mass-shooting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA coach Mike Brown and celebs demand gun control after Maine shooting."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnba-coach-mike-brown-and-celebrities-call-for-gun-control-following-maine-mass-shooting-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2080413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Mass Shooting in Maine Sparks\u2064 Strong\u200c Reactions from Hollywood, Sports, and Politics<\/h2>\n<p>Following a thrilling victory by the \u200dSacramento Kings over \u200bthe Utah \u2064Jazz, head coach Mike Brown took a moment to address the devastating news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine during the postgame press conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even want to talk about basketball,&#8221; Brown expressed to reporters. &#8220;We played \u200da game. It was fun. Obviously, we won, but if we can&#8217;t do anything to fix this, it&#8217;s over. It&#8217;s over for our country for this to happen time after time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With a heavy\u200c heart, Brown continued, \u200cemphasizing \u200dthe gravity of the situation. &#8220;It&#8217;s a sad day. It&#8217;s\u200b a sad day\u200b for our country. It&#8217;s a sad day in this world. And until we decide to do something about it,\u2064 the\u2063 powers that be, this is going to keep happening. And our kids are not going to\u200d be able to enjoy what the United States is about because we \u2063don&#8217;t know how\u2063 to fix a problem that&#8217;s right \u2063in front of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brown passionately called\u2063 the mass shooting &#8220;absolutely disgusting&#8221; and urged Congress to take immediate action.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We, as a \u2063country, have to do \u2062something,&#8221; Brown pleaded. &#8220;That is absolutely disgusting. And it&#8217;s sad. And it&#8217;s sad that we sit here and watch this \u2064happen time after \u2063time after time after time, and no one does anything about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Star Trek \u200dactor \u200bGeorge Takei directed his frustration towards Republicans in Congress.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A reminder as we wake up to the news of another mass shooting: One party&#8217;s members\u2062 walk around \u2063Congress with AR-15 pins on\u200c their \u2063lapels. They aren&#8217;t there to\u2063 help solve the gun violence\u200b crisis. They are there to help enable\u200d it,&#8221; \u2062Takei boldly stated on \u2064X,\u200b the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Actress Mia Farrow echoed the sentiments of California Governor Gavin Newsom, reposting his social media plea for gun control in Maine.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We need immediate\u200d action \u2014 we cannot sit around and wait for Congress. We need\u200d to amend the Constitution to help prevent tragedies like this,&#8221; Newsom passionately declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, conservative actor Kevin \u2062Sorbo offered a different perspective on the issue \u200cof gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This sick maniac\u200d warned he was going \u200cto do this and authorities released him anyway. Our justice system sucks,&#8221; Sorbo criticized.<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday afternoon, a manhunt was still underway for Robert\u200d Card, a U.S. Army reservist and the prime suspect in the shootings that occurred \u200dat a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday\u200d evening.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did\u200c celebrities and public figures in\u200b Hollywood respond to the mass shooting in \u2064Maine?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Day when we\u2063 have to come to work and talk \u200babout \u2063a basketball \u2062game knowing that there are families out there who are grieving the loss of\u2062 loved ones.&#8221; Brown&#8217;s \u200bremarks \u2064echoed the sentiments of \u2063many in the \u200cHollywood, sports, and political \u200bcommunities who\u2062 reacted strongly to the news of the mass shooting in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>In Hollywood, celebrities took to social media to express \u2064their outrage and\u200d call for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cawthorn-criticizes-dems-push-for-gun-control\/\" title=\"Rep. Cawthorn criticizes Dems push for gun control\">stricter gun control laws<\/a>. Actress Reese Witherspoon\u200b tweeted, &#8220;Heartbroken by the news of yet another mass shooting. It&#8217;s time for action. We need\u200d to take a stand against gun violence and \u2062protect our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actor Mark Ruffalo also voiced his concerns, saying, &#8220;My \u200cheart \u2064goes out to the victims and their families. We can&#8217;t \u2064let this keep happening.\u200b We need\u200b comprehensive gun control reform\u200d now.\u200b Lives are at stake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures also weighed in \u2064on the\u200c tragedy.\u200c Golden \u200dState Warriors coach Steve Kerr \u2062shared his frustration \u200dduring a postgame interview,\u200c saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s\u200b devastating to see these shootings\u200d happen over and over again. \u2064We have to take a hard look at our gun laws and take \u2062action to prevent these tragedies \u2063from occurring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NBA\u2062 star LeBron James took to social media\u2062 to send his condolences to the victims&#8217; families and called for unity in the fight against gun violence. He wrote, &#8220;Enough is enough!\u200b How many more lives do we have to lose before we\u200d take \u200daction? My thoughts and\u200d prayers are with the victims and \u200btheir loved ones. We need to \u200bcome together \u200cto make change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Politicians also expressed\u2062 their\u2064 sorrow and called\u2063 for\u200d immediate action. Senator Elizabeth Warren issued a statement,\u2063 saying, &#8220;My heart breaks for the people of Maine and \u200ball those \u2063affected by this \u200dsenseless act of violence. \u200bWe must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memphis-officials-return-second-expelled-tennessee-dem-to-statehouse\/\" title=\"Memphis Officials Return Second Expelled Tennessee Dem to Statehouse\">pass common-sense gun laws<\/a> \u200dto prevent tragedies like this from happening again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden addressed the mass shooting during a press conference, urging Congress to take\u200b action. &#8220;We cannot\u200c remain silent. \u2063We \u200cneed \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/please-just-stop-potential-2024-candidate-tears-into-sen-kyrsten-sinema-over-texas-shooting-remarks\/\" title=\"\u2018Please Just Stop\u2019: Potential 2024 Candidate Tears Into Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Over Texas Shooting Remarks\">pass gun control legislation<\/a> to protect our communities and prevent\u200b future\u200c tragedies \u2062like this from\u2064 occurring. Enough is\u2063 enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dmass shooting in \u2064Maine sparked a\u200d strong reaction from Hollywood,\u200b sports, and \u2063politics, with individuals and organizations coming together to demand change. The need for stricter gun control laws and comprehensive reform\u200d is\u200b evident, as the frequency of \u2063mass shootings\u200d continues to plague the nation. It is time for action to ensure that tragedies like this become a thing of the \u2062past, \u2064and the safety and\u2062 well-being of communities are\u2062 prioritized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>expressed his condolences to the victims&#8217; families. He emphasized the urgent need for stricter gun control measures and urged lawmakers to take immediate action to prevent such tragedies from happening again. Brown joined a growing chorus of influential figures demanding change in the wake of this devastating incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2080414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2080413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2080413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2080414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2080413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2080413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2080413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}