Matthew McConaughey meets lawmakers as Capitol Hill talks weapons

Matthew McConaughey met with leaders on Capitol Hill as lawmakers maintain bipartisan discussions on gun reform laws after a slew of mass shootings.

The go to comes after the actor, a local of Uvalde, Texas, the place 19 youngsters and two lecturers have been killed in a capturing at Robb Elementary College final month, argued that legislators ought to give attention to gun "accountability" slightly than gun "management" in an article printed Monday within the Austin American-Statesman.

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"Had the prospect to satisfy Uvalde native @McConaughey in DC right this moment to debate the horrific mass capturing at Robb Elementary in addition to the bigger downside of gun violence in America. We, like so many others, agree that gun security reform is required — I will preserve working to make that occur," Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) tweeted Monday.

McConaughey expressed help for elevating the minimal age to 21 nationwide to buy so-called assault weapons, particularly AR-15s, and implementing a nationwide purple flag system. He additionally backs background checks and a nationwide ready interval.

"I need to be clear. I'm not beneath the phantasm that these insurance policies will resolve all of our issues, but when accountable options can cease a few of these tragedies from putting one other neighborhood with out destroying the Second Modification, they're price it," McConaughey wrote. "This isn't a alternative between weapons or no weapons. It’s the accountable alternative."

Following the Uvalde capturing, McConaughey visited his hometown to satisfy with members of the grieving neighborhood and among the members of the family of the victims.

Talks of gun reform legal guidelines have been led by leaders on either side, together with Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC). Among the insurance policies being mentioned embrace expanded background checks, purple flag measures, college security enhancements, and extra.