Andy Murray was critical of America’s gun laws as he spoke movingly of his own experiences as a schoolboy in the Dunblane tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three-time Grand Slam champion described the deaths of 19 children and two teachers in a school shooting in Texas as “angry” and “incredibly upsetting.” Murray, 35, was an eight-year-old student at Dunblane Primary School in Scotland in March 1996, when gunman Thomas Hamilton murdered 16 children and a teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The May 24 shooting in Uvalde has prompted renewed calls for gun control measures in the United States. Nonetheless, senior Republicans have already stated their opposition to stricter gun laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My feeling is that you do something different at some point,” he told. “You can’t keep approaching the problem by purchasing more guns and stockpiling them in the country. That doesn’t seem to solve the problem.” I could be mistaken. Let’s try something different and see if we get a different result.” And the former British and world number one, who has never been afraid to speak out on political issues, hasn’t forgotten his own childhood experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added, recalling the Dunblane tragedy as a child: “I overheard something on the radio the other day about a student from that school. I had a similar experience when I was at Dunblane and a teacher came out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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