“You know what every one of these parents wanted, what they asked us for?
What every parent separately expressed in their own way to Camila and me?
That they want their children’s dreams to live on,” he said.
Matthew McConaughey visiting the White House to speak about gun reform and honor the Uvalde victims.White House
“That they want their children’s dreams to continue, to accomplish something after they are gone.
They want to make their loss of life matter.”
“We know it’s on the table.
We need to invest in mental health care.
We need safer schools.
We need to restrain sensationalized media coverage.
“We need background checks.
We need to raise the minimum age to purchase an AR-15 rifle to 21.
We need red flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them.”
But this should be a non-partisan issue.”
Watch McConaughey’s press conference, starting at the 38-minute mark, in the video above.
