{"id":1491404,"date":"2022-05-25T10:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491404"},"modified":"2022-05-25T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:30:54","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-tells-americans-to-re-evaluate-wants-from-our-needs-after-tx-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matthew-mcconaughey-tells-americans-to-re-evaluate-wants-from-our-needs-after-tx-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey Tells Americans To \u2018Re-Evaluate\u2019 \u2018Wants From Our Needs\u2019 After TX Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatthew-mcconaughey-tells-americans-to-re-evaluate-wants-from-our-needs-after-tx-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Matthew McConaughey made a \u201ccall to action\u201d on Wednesday, following a gruesome elementary school shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, telling Americans \u201cit\u2019s time\u201d to \u201cre-evaluate, and renegotiate our wants from our needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An 18-year-old male, who The Daily Wire is not naming in keeping with a policy of depriving mass shooters of undeserved notoriety, allegedly shot up the Robb Elementary School on Tuesday, killing at least 21, including 19 children and two adults, the Texas Department of Public Safety <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/uvalde-texas-robb-elementary-school-active-shooter-district-lockdown\/11892411\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/abc7.com\/uvalde-texas-robb-elementary-school-active-shooter-district-lockdown\/11892411\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1653569893790000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3h2sHkcnJZFFMhyMHfdbAi\">confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe true call to action now is for every American to take a longer and deeper look in the mirror, and ask ourselves, \u2018What is it that we truly value? How do we repair the problem? What small sacrifices can we individually take today, to preserve a healthier and safer nation, state, and neighborhood tomorrow?&#8217;\u201d McConaughey said in a statement posted to Twitter. \u201cWe cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Americans, Texans, mothers and fathers, it\u2019s time we re-evaluate, and renegotiate our wants from our needs,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe have to rearrange our values and find a common ground above this devastating American reality that has tragically become our children\u2019s issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, McConaughey was in the past rumored to challenge Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, but announced in 2021 that he would not be making the political run.<\/p>\n<p>McConaughey noted that his hometown is Uvalde, where the shooting took place. \u201cWe have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an epidemic we can control, and whichever side of the aisle we may stand on, we all know we can do better,\u201d the \u201cTime to Kill\u201d actor wrote. \u201cWe must do better. Action must be taken so that no parent has to experience what the parents in Uvalde and the others before them have endured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to those who dropped off their loved ones today not knowing it was goodbye, no words can comprehend or heal your loss, but if prayers can provide comfort, we will keep them coming,\u201d McConaughey closed the statement.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Uvalde, Texas, USA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0iULRGtREm\">pic.twitter.com\/0iULRGtREm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McConaughey\/status\/1529321695110213632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2018, McConaughey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hwK4H3gFiOw\">said<\/a> he wanted a ban on \u201cassault weapons for civilians\u201d and called for stronger background checks, KXAN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/texas\/uvalde-school-shooting\/uvalde-native-matthew-mcconaughey-addresses-school-shooting\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne, let\u2019s ban the assault weapons for civilians,\u201d the Texan said. \u201cThis is a no-brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to my friends out there that are responsible owners of these recreational assault weapons that they use for recreation, please let\u2019s just take one for the team here and set it down,\u201d he added. \u201cThat issue saves lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/matthew-mcconaugheys-wife-opens-up-on-their-decision-to-leave-malibu-for-a-life-that-embodies-their-belief-system-in-texas\">Matthew McConaughey\u2019s Wife Opens Up On Their Decision To Leave Malibu For A Life That \u2018Embodies\u2019 Their \u2018Belief System\u2019 In\u00a0Texas<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Matthew McConaughey made a \u201ccall to action\u201d on Wednesday, following a gruesome elementary school shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, telling Americans \u201cit\u2019s time\u201d to \u201cre-evaluate, and renegotiate our wants from our needs.\u201d An 18-year-old male, who The Daily Wire is not naming in keeping with a policy of depriving mass shooters of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1491431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1491431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}