The 'father and a gun owner, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and a Texan from Uvalde' outlined his gun control plan.
since the massacre that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers. Others have only clutched on to theirs tighter.
“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,” the actor wrote.
McConaughey then outlined a four-step plan in his op-ed, adding that he is “not under the illusion that these policies will solve all of our problems, but if responsible solutions can stop some of these tragedies from striking another community without destroying the Second Amendment, they’re worth it.”Background checks for all gun purchases. “Gun control activists call this a loophole,” he wrote. “I call it incompetence.
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