In the nearly two weeks since the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a semi-surprising voice has risen to call for something, anything, to be done to curb gun violence, specifically that which targets children — Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey.
In an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman, McConaughey, who was born in Uvalde, calls for gun responsibility laws — which are, crucial to his point, not gun control laws — as a way to not infringe on the Second Amendment while making life in America a little safer.
“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. 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 wrote.
