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Matthew McConaughey, describing himself as “a father and a gun owner, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and a Texan from Uvalde” now living in Austin,” is calling for Americans to “step up” for change in “gun responsibility,” including enacting background checks, Red Flag Laws and age upping the requirement on semi-automatic firearms to 21.
In a lengthy letter to the Austin American-Statesman newspaper published today, the actor writes, “I don’t support gun control. I support gun responsibility.”
“I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second Amendment right, enshrined by our founders, to bear arms,” McConaughey writes. “I also believe we have a cultural obligation to take steps toward slowing down the senseless killing of our children. The debate about gun control has delivered nothing but status quo. It’s time we talk about gun responsibility.
“There is a difference between control and responsibility. The first is a mandate that can infringe on our right; the second is a duty that will preserve it. There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility. Keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people is not only the responsible thing to do, it is the best way to protect the Second Amendment. We can do both.”
McConaughey lays out a four-step plan to increase gun responsibility, proposing background checks, an age requirement of 21 to purchase assault rifles, Red Flag Laws, and a national waiting period for the purchase of assault rifles.
McConaughey writes that “to find common ground” on the issue, both sides “are going to have to answer the call and reach for the higher ground of our collective responsibility.” He says “business as usual isn’t working.”
Here is his letter to the Austin
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Carson Burton Matthew McConaughey has called for gun owners to practice “gun responsibility” in the wake of the mass shooting that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.“I am a father, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and an American,” McConaughey writes in an editorial published in the Austin-American Statesman. “I was also born in Uvalde, Texas.
Matthew McConaughey is calling for gun responsibility in a newly penned op-ed.In a piece published by, the Oscar-winning actor — born in Uvalde, Texas — addresses the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting that took place on May 24 and what should be done in its wake. «I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second Amendment right, enshrined by our founders, to bear arms,» he writes in his op-ed. «I also believe we have a cultural obligation to take steps toward slowing down the senseless killing of our children. The debate about gun control has delivered nothing but status quo.
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Matthew McConaughey called for "gun responsibility" in a recent op-ed following the mass shooting that took place in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. The 52-year-old actor explained the difference between his idea of "gun responsibility" and "gun control." "There is a difference between control and responsibility," he explained.
The Independent].On Tuesday (May 24), 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and fatally shot schoolchildren and teachers. He was killed by officers at the scene.In the wake of the shooting, McConaughey wrote on Instagram that Americans needed to find “common ground” in “an epidemic we can control”.
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Matthew McConaughey is speaking out following the tragic shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. The actor shared an emotional message following the incident, where 19 children, one teacher and one adult were killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School.“As all of you are aware, there was another mass shooting today, this time in my hometown of Uvalde, Texas.
Wolf of Wallstreet actor has previously about our country's lack of laws at a "" rally following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in that left dead in 2018. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In his post, McConaughey went on to write that is an “epidemic we can control," regardless of one's political party, and that it's time to “do better.” He added, “Action must be taken so that no parent has to experience what the parents in Uvalde and the others before them have endured.”You can read Matthew McConaughey's full statement, below:"As you are aware there was another mass shooting today, this time in my hometown of Uvalde, Texas. Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us. The true call to action now is for every American to take a longer and deeper look in the mirror and ask ourselves, ‘What is it that we truly value? How do we repair the problem? What small sacrifices can we individually take today to preserve a healthier and safer nation, state, and neighborhood tomorrow?’ We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo. As Americans, Texans, mothers and fathers, it's time we re-evaluate, and renegotiate our wants from our needs.