Matthew McConaughey Calls for Gun Responsibility in Op-Ed After Uvalde Shooting

Matthew McConaughey took to social media on Friday to share a message about gun reform. The "Interstellar" star uploaded a black-and-white video with his wife, Camila Alves, visiting members of the Senate and House of Representatives and President Biden as he continues to draw awareness to gun laws.

“This is and was about gun responsibility,” reads the text at the opening of a video Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey posted this afternoon on social media. The black and white video goes on to show he and wife Camila Alves — presumably last week after he made an emotional statement about gun violence during a White House briefing — meeting with over 30 members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.

Matthew McConaughey is putting rumors of him running for political office to rest. The 52-year-old actor stopped by Fox News'  with Bret Baier Tuesday, where he set the record straight about his political ambitions and spoke about the speech he made earlier, at the White House, in which he plead for stricter gun control legislation following the school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.«I am not running for political office,» McConaughey stressed.

Matthew McConaughey visited the White House on Tuesday, where he spoke about the school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead last month, in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. Fighting back tears, the actor spoke with both passion and emotion as he told the stories of those lost and pleaded with lawmakers to enact meaningful gun legislation reform.«You could feel the shock in the town.

Matthew McConaughey made a special appearance behind the podium at the White House briefing room on Tuesday, June 7, where he issued a plea to “the people in power” to change laws relating to gun ownership.

Matthew McConaughey gave an emotional plea to challenge gun ownership laws during a White House press briefing on Tuesday afternoon following a private meeting with President Joe Biden. The 52-year-old actor is a native of Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos during a shooting at Robb Elementary on May 24.

Matthew McConaughey fought back tears as he spoke to reporters at the White House on Tuesday about meeting the families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shootings in Uvalde, TX, his hometown.

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, 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.

Matthew McConaughey has insisted things need to change following the horrific school shooting last month.

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.

Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves, announced a relief fund on Thursday for his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, following the school shooting that killed 19 children and two adults last week. «Matthew and Camila McConaughey have been on the ground in Uvalde for the last few days since the mass shooting, the loss is tragic,» their statement begins. «While the spirit of the community is in pain, the unanimous support of families to families and strangers to locals is beautiful.

Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves visited Uvalde, Texas, to pay their respects and pray for the 19 students and two teachers who were shot and killed inside Robb Elementary School.Matthew and Camila also brought their three kids: Levi, 13; Vida, 12; and Livingston, 9. CNN reporter Omar Jimenez shared photos of the McConaughey family standing at the memorial.Matthew McConaughey visiting the memorial site at Robb Elementary in his hometown of Uvalde.

Matthew McConaughey has paid his respects to the Texas school shooting victims in his hometown of Uvalde.The 52-year-old actor returned to the Texas town Tuesday alongside his family — his wife, Camila, their children, Levi, 13, Vida, 12, Livingston, 9 and his brother, Rooster.In new photos shared to Twitter, McConaughey and his loved ones are seen visiting the memorial site at Robb Elementary. In one shot, he and his family are seen holding hands and bowing their heads as they stand in front of a tree filled with flowers, cards and candles, left behind for the 19 children and two adults shot and killed last week.Another snap sees McConaughey taking a photo of a larger memorial, which had the names of the victims painted onto individual crosses.Matthew McConaughey visiting the memorial site at Robb Elementary in his hometown of Uvalde.

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”.

Matthew McConaughey has paid his respects to the Texas school shooting victims in his hometown of Uvalde.The 52-year-old actor traveled to the Texas town Friday alongside Rep. Tony Gonzales.

Matthew McConaughey traveled to Uvalde, Texas where the actor paid his respects to the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting. The "Greenlights" author, 52, was born in the Texas town where his mother was a teacher at a school a mile away from the tragic scene where Salvador Ramos, 18, allegedly killed 19 children and two teachers before he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent.

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.