Hours after news broke that 19 children and two teachers had been gunned down inside a Uvalde, Texas elementary school Tuesday, Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr lashed out at Republican senators for blocking H.R. 8. Kerr was referring to House Resolution 8, a universal background check bill that passed the US House in March of 2021, but has yet to receive a debate in the US Senate. Republicans have used Senate rules that would require 60 votes to bring it up for consideration in the chamber. "Fifty Republicans are blocking Democrats from even debating a proposal," US Sen. Tina Smith, a Minnesota Democrat, told KARE. "Nobody thinks that one piece of legislation is going to solve the epidemic of gun violence in this country. But to sit and say there is nothing we can do, after watching the murder of 19 children, babies, in Texas is unconscionable." If HR 8 were to become law it would require private handgun purchases to go through a licensed dealer who would submit the buyer to a criminal background check, to see if the buyer is barred from possessing a firearm. The measure allows for a broad array of exceptions including giving or selling a firearm to relatives, or lending a firearm to a trusted person for target practice or hunting trips. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/texas-gun-attack-prompts-call-for-background-checks/89-b8ee8594-d041-4eff-adee-eaeedfdbd627