Matthew McConaughey Advocates For Gun Responsibility: "We Don't Have the Luxury of Time"

Matthew McConaughey is calling for gun responsibility in a new op-ed addressing the May 24 shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in his hometown of Uvalde, TX. In an op-ed entitled “It’s Time to Act on Gun Responsibility,” published in USA Today’s The New Austin Statesman, McConaughey used his own story to advocate for “slowing down the senseless killing of our children.”

“I am a father, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and an American. I was also born in Uvalde, Texas,” he began. The actor went on to call for bipartisan action on guns. “Depraved acts of violence, with guns as the weapon of choice, are ripping apart families, tearing at people’s faith, and shredding the fabric of our society,” he wrote. “We have an epidemic of indiscriminate mass shootings, of parents burying their children, of inaction, and buck-passing. Saving the unnecessary loss of lives is not a partisan issue.”

McConaughey’s op-ed proposed that establishing regulations that ensure responsible gun use would protect and strengthen the Second Amendment. “There is a difference between control and responsibility,” he wrote. “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.”

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