"I am here to use my passion, my reason and my energy and turn this moment into reality,"
actor Matthew McConaughey told Congress on Tuesday, June 7, in a burning indictment against the carrying of weapons.
Deeply upset by the massacre that occurred on May 24 in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas – the city where he is from – which saw the death of 21 people, including 19 children, the actor of
True Detective
urged the country to strengthen control over firearms.
Very moved by the story of the victims, he told some of them.
Like that of Maité Rodriguez, "a little ten-year-old girl who wore green converse", it was the red heart drawn on it that made it possible to identify the body.
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The divisive subject of firearms continues to divide the United States.
History repeats itself and the actor bangs his fist on his desk to say
“s
top
”.
A strategic speech as a firearms law will soon be debated in the United States.
I learned to hold a gun in Uvalde, I also learned to be a responsible gun owner there
Matthew McConaughey
Several celebrities have spoken since May 24 to demand change.
But the speech of the Oscar-winning actor can doubly convince: because he himself owns firearms and is a defender of the second amendment.
"I learned to hold a gun at Uvalde, I also learned to be a responsible gun owner there,"
he said.
Matthew McConaughey focused his speech on the absolute necessity of controlling the sale of firearms, especially when buying semi-automatics.
The actor added,
“We have to take advantage of this opportunity that we have today, with people on both sides wanting things to change.
We are not as divided as people would have us believe.
We have to reach a common-sense compromise.”