Matthew McConaughey

After spending a week in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, following the Robb Elementary School shooting, the actor eulogized several of the victims and shared ...

McConaughey showed pieces of artwork from and photos of some of the students and teachers killed at Robb Elementary, which McConaughey said is less than a mile from where his mother was a school teacher. “To make the loss of these lives matter,” Matthew McConaughey said as he began an impassioned 20-minute speech about gun reform during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. Responsible parties in this debate seem to at least be committed to sitting down and having a real conversation about a new and improved path forward—a path that can bring us closer together and make us safer as a country.

The Oscar-winning actor choked up and pounded a lectern in the White House briefing room as he showed off artwork by some of the victims of the Uvalde massacre.

We got to pull that veil off, quit drinking the Kool-Aid, because we’re hearing it from both sides, extreme right and extreme left, and they have the microphones,” said McConaughey. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “I think we’re being told we’re more divided than we are.

Actor Matthew McConaughey took centre stage at the White House to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honour of those killed in last month's shooting rampage at a school in his home town of Uvalde, Texas.

We need to restrain sensationalised media coverage. We need safer schools. “We need to invest in mental healthcare.

The Academy Award-winning star of 'Dallas Buyers Club' pounded a lectern at a White House press briefing as he spoke of the children killed in Uvalde, ...

Because as I said, this moment is different.” “There is a sense that perhaps there’s a viable path forward.” As relatives of those killed in the Uvalde shooting started burying their loved ones last week, it emerged on Friday that the father of a 10-year-old girl killed and a school employee have taken initial steps that could lead to lawsuits against Daniel Defense, the maker of the semi-automatic rifle used in the massacre.

Gun owner McConaughey seemed to fight back tears and choke up, as he talked about the victims - and told Americans that over gun control legislation, ...

"There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility," McConaughey continued. Uvalde is where I learned responsible gun ownership," he said. Let's find a middle ground - the place where most of us Americans live anyway - especially on this issue. "These are reasonable, practical, tactical regulations," he said. Read more: Why do US gun sales increase after mass shootings? Gun owner McConaughey seemed to fight back tears and choke up, as he talked about the victims - and told Americans that over gun control legislation, it was time to take "a look in the mirror".

McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of learning to become a responsible gun owner as a youngster in Uvalde.

We need to restrain sensationalised media coverage. We need safer schools. “We need to invest in mental healthcare.

Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, teared up at the White House while recounting the stories of children and victims killed in the Texas school ...

McConaughey also spoke of Eliahna Garcia, who was preparing to read a Bible verse in church. These are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting,’ an emotional McConaughey said. McConaughey choked back tears as he spoke about 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez, who aspired to be a marine biologist.

Actor and gun owner describes 'window where real change can happen' as he reflects on his hometown of Uvalde.

He held up artwork from Alithia Ramirez, who dreamed of attending art school in Paris. And then there was Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia, who loved dancing and church and already knew how to drive tractors. McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of his own connections to the town. He also noted that Uvalde was the place where he was taught about responsibilities that come with gun ownership. “We need to invest in mental healthcare. McConaughey, a gun owner himself, used his star power to make the case for turning the horror of the moment into concrete action. A window where it seems like real change can happen.”

19 children killed in shooting rampage in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

Ellie was looking forward to reading a Bible verse at an upcoming church service when she was killed. McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of his own connections to the town. We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership,” McConaughey said. We need safer schools. He also noted that Uvalde was the place where he was taught about responsibilities that come with gun ownership. “We need to invest in mental healthcare.

Actor Matthew McConaughey took centre stage at the White House to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honour of ...

We need to restrain sensationalised media coverage. We need safer schools. “We need to invest in mental healthcare.

SINCE 2012, Matthew McConaughey has been married to Camila Alves.The two first met in 2006 and welcomed their first child together two years later.Who.

“He was horrible. He would just throw fits and cry. Email us at [email protected] or call 212 416 4552. And my third came along and he was a nightmare from day one,” Camila said in an appearance on the YouTube series Mom2Mom, via PEOPLE. “He was really, really attached to me. And not with anybody else," he told People magazine.