{"id":1506723,"date":"2022-06-07T14:19:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T18:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506723"},"modified":"2022-06-07T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T18:19:44","slug":"uvalde-native-matthew-mcconaughey-goes-to-capitol-hill-to-push-gun-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-native-matthew-mcconaughey-goes-to-capitol-hill-to-push-gun-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Uvalde Native Matthew McConaughey Goes To Capitol Hill To Push Gun Reforms"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fuvalde-native-matthew-mcconaughey-goes-to-capitol-hill-to-push-gun-reforms%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=1506723&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 has traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to push lawmakers toward gun reforms following a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas \u2014 McConaughey\u2019s hometown.<\/p>\n<p>The actor met with Senate Judiciary chairman Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, on Monday, then met with Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who is the top Republican on the panel, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, like so many others, agree that gun safety reform is needed,\u201d Durbin tweeted following his meeting. \u201cI\u2019ll keep working to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Had the chance to meet Uvalde native <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McConaughey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McConaughey<\/a> in DC today to discuss the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary as well as the larger problem of gun violence in America. We, like so many others, agree that gun safety reform is needed\u2014I&#8217;ll keep working to make that happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ckCAItzwrR\">pic.twitter.com\/ckCAItzwrR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorDurbin\/status\/1533923288321343488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mtg w Matthew McConaughey &#038; Camila Alves about gun responsibility + school safety incl my bipartisan EAGLES Act <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ViVpmzphtU\">pic.twitter.com\/ViVpmzphtU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley\/status\/1534166008524853248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grassley noted that their conversation focused on \u201cgun responsibility\u201d and \u201cschool safety.\u201d He emphasized that he has renewed his push for the \u201cbipartisan EAGLES Act,\u201d which would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/remarks\/grassley-on-the-reintroduction-of-the-eagles-act\">expand<\/a> the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center to focus on school violence. The proposal was first introduced in 2021 after the Parkland school shooting in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a difference between control and responsibility,\u201d McConaughey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/2022\/06\/06\/matthew-mcconaughey-editorial-time-responsible-choices-guns\/7523836001\/\">wrote in a Monday op-ed<\/a> for the Austin-American Statesman. \u201cThe first is a mandate that can infringe on our right; the second is a duty that will preserve it.\u00a0There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility. Keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people is not only the responsible thing to do, it is the best way to protect the Second Amendment. We can do both.\u201d<\/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>In his op-ed, McConaughey laid out a plan that includes a nationwide \u201cred flag\u201d law, expanding background checks to every gun purchase, raising the age for Americans to buy assault rifles from 18 to 21, and mandating a waiting period for assault rifles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI want to be clear,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI am not under the illusion that these policies will solve all of our problems, but if responsible solutions can stop some of these tragedies from striking another community without destroying the Second Amendment, they\u2019re worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThis is not a choice between guns or no guns,\u201d the actor continued. \u201cIt\u2019s the responsible choice. It\u2019s the reasonable choice. It\u2019s a quintessentially American choice:\u00a0Where I have the right to be me, you have the freedom to be you, and we have the responsibility to be US. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Matthew McConaughey has traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to push lawmakers toward gun reforms following a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas \u2014 McConaughey\u2019s hometown. The actor met with Senate Judiciary chairman Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, on Monday, then met with Iowa Sen. 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