The Oscar winning actor said in a Tweet Tuesday night that Americans have failed to be responsible for the rights that Americans have been given.
-- said in a Tweet Tuesday night that gun violence is an epidemic Americans can control.
In a lengthy Tweet, the actor who flirted with a run for Texas governor this year, shared his thoughts on the“We have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms granted,” McConaughey wrote.“This is an epidemic we can control, and whichever side of the aisle we may stand on, we can be better,” McConaughey tweeted. “Action must be taken to see that no parent in Uvalde and the others before them has to experience what they have had to endure.
The actor has previously defended the Second Amendment right to bear arms, while also decrying the gun violence in the U.S.
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