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Actor Matthew McConaughey is a proud Texan and native of Uvalde.

As McConaughey explained, the sneakers belonged to 9-year-old Maite Rodriguez.

We need background checks, McConaughey says plainly.

We need to raise the minimum age to purchase an AR-15 rifle to 21.

We need a waiting period for those rifles.

We need red-flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them.

Responsible gun owners are fed up with the Second Amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals.

The full text of McConaughey’s speech and befound here.

He spent time with the families of the victims and used his platform to tell their stories.