TO Uvaldein Texas, has just consumed yet another mass shooting: an 18 year old named Salvador Ramos (later killed by the police) has shot to death twenty-one children and two adults in Robb Elementary School. The Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey who was born in Uvalde and spent the first twelve years of his life there, after the massacre he wanted to make his voice heard. With an Instagram post in which calls on Americans to change to fight “an epidemic we can control”.
“As you all know, there was another mass shooting today, this time in my hometown of Uvalde, Texas. Once again, we have tragically shown that we are not responsible for the rights that our freedoms guarantee us»Writes the star. Which then invites everyone to action: “Every American looks in the mirror longer and deeper and ask yourself, “What do we really appreciate? What small sacrifices can we individually make today to preserve a healthier and safer nation, state and neighborhood tomorrow? ”. According to the star, it is no longer possible to pretend nothing has happened: “We cannot, for the umpteenth time, sigh, seek excuses and accept these tragic realities“.
In his message, the actor does not explicitly join the large number of Americans who want tougher gun ownership laws in the United States. However calls the recurring mass shootings “an epidemic we can control”: «However we think it is, we all know that we can do better. We have to do better. We must act in such a way that no parent has to experience what Uvalde’s parents and others before them have undergone ».
The star, very proud of his roots, last year had considered the idea of running for governor of Texas: “I am seriously pondering the ideaHe explained to the CNBC in November 2021 without specifying whether he would race with a particular political party or as an independent. The fact is that people were on his side: a poll commissioned by the Department of Political Statistics at the University of Texas Tyler had revealed that the 45 percent of Texans would have greatly welcomed the candidacy of McConaughey to Governor. In the end, despite the polls that gave him a winner, Matthew had chosen not to participate in the elections. But in the face of yet another massacre, he still wanted to make his voice heard.
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Source: Vanity Fair
