CUOMO: Golden State Warriors' head coach Steve Kerr using his high profile to address an issue that is close to his heart -- gun violence. Coy Wire has more in the "Bleacher Report." What is this about for the coach?</s>COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Chris. Steve Kerr has been outspoken about his desire of increased gun control in the past. His dad was working as a president of a university in Beirut when he was gunned down by terrorists in 1984, when Kerr was just 18 years old. Well, last night, Kerr joined California Congressman Ro Khanna for a town hall on gun control in Newark, California, and he said he plans on attending the March for Our Lives demonstration in San Francisco, which is in 11 days from now. Kerr calls the March for Our Lives movement, which was created by kids from Stoneman Douglas, heroic. He also said their push for solutions to gun violence are heartbreaking and inspiring all at once.</s>STEVE KERR, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS COACH: And I'm here because I'm a citizen of this country and we're a democracy. And when people say stick to sports, stick to coaching, whatever, that means nothing. We all have a voice.</s>WIRE: Kerr told the students that they should register to vote and make gun violence their number one issue. Erica, he compared that which the Stoneman Douglas students are doing to the anti-war movement during Vietnam.</s>HILL: All right, Coy, thank you. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's "60 Minutes" interview continuing to cause alarm in the White House. A former ethics chief explains why he's concerned, next.
Steve Kerr on Gun Violence