America has a mass shooting problem and Steve Spurrier wants steps put in place to fix it.
During a recent radio appearance on WRUF’s “Inside the Huddle” program, the College Football Hall of Famer opened up about the recent tragedy that struck Apalachee High School last week — passionately calling for a ban on AR-15s and other assault-style weapons.
“I want to say something about another coach, as a coach, a former coach myself,” Spurrier began. “The coach in Winder, Georgia, Apalachee High School got killed in that mass shooting. [Ricky] Aspinwall is his name. He’s the D-coordinator there. And everybody says hearts and prayers go out.”
“Why in the world in America are you eligible to walk into a gun store and buy an AR-15 rifle?” the former Gators coach asked. “They should have a sign, ‘If you need a gun for mass school shootings, here’s your AR-15. We’ll give you a discount.’ Why don’t they just put that sign up there?”
Spurrier wasn’t done.
“That’s the only thing they’re used for,” the “Head Ball Coach” said. “You don’t need them for self-defense. And yet we sit here and say blah, blah, blah. We’re messed up in America to allow sick people to have these guns. And it ain’t going to stop. It ain’t going to stop until they get all these guns out of the way. You can carry a six-shooter, protect yourself, which we’re all for. But these AR-15s are for mass shootings in the schools, and we sit here and allow it to happen in America. Makes me sick. All right, I’ve said my piece.”
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Clearly the 79-year-old is fed up with the lack of response to so many of the horrific events that have taken place thanks to the easy access perpetrators have to military-style firearms — in this case leading to the deaths of two teachers and two students.
Hopefully change comes in a hurry, but we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas.
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