Matthew McConaughey, describing himself as “a father and a gun owner, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and a Texan from Uvalde” now living in Austin,” is calling for Americans to “step up” for change in “gun responsibility,” including enacting background checks, Red Flag Laws and age upping the requirement on semi-automatic firearms to 21.In a lengthy letter to the Austin American-Statesman newspaper published today, the actor writes, “I don’t support gun control.
I support gun responsibility.”“I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second Amendment right, enshrined by our founders, to bear arms,” McConaughey writes. “I also believe we have a cultural obligation to take steps toward slowing down the senseless killing of our children.
The debate about gun control has delivered nothing but status quo. It’s time we talk about gun responsibility.“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.
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