College Football Legend Steve Spurrier Calls for AR-15 Ban in Wake of Georgia School Shooting: ‘We’re Messed Up in America!’

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Legendary college football coach Steve Spurrier wants the selling of AR-15 rifles to end following the school shooting in Winder, Georgia.

On a recent episode of his podcast Inside the Huddle, Spurrier noted that one of the four killed in the shooting — 39-year-old Richard Aspinwall — was the defensive coordinator for Apalachee High School’s football team. He then criticized the country for the making the rifles available for purchase when, to him, they’re only used for one thing: committing mass shootings.

“Why in the world, in America, are you eligible to walk into a gun store and buy an AR-15 rifle? They should have a sign [that says], ‘If you need a gun for mass school shooting, here’s your AR-15. We’ll give you a discount.’ Why don’t they just put that sign up there? That’s the only thing they’re used for! 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! It ain’t gonna stop until they get all these guns out of the way! You can carry your six shooter, protect yourself. 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!”

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