• American actor Matthew McConaughe. Photo: AP

Actor Matthew McConaughey made a call to action for stop “the epidemic” of the shootings in the United States, the last of which occurred in his hometown, in the Texas town of Uvalde, where 19 children and two adults died on Tuesday. 

“As Americans, Texans, mothers and fathers, it is time to reassess and renegotiate our wants based on our needs,” the actor in a message on Twitter.

And added: “This is an epidemic that we can control“.

“Once again, we have tragically shown that we are not responsible for the rights that we they grant our freedoms,” he wrote. the actor, one of the most famous Texans, who has condemned gun violence and shootings in the past.

“Which side of the aisle we are on, we all know we can do better. We must do better. Actions must be taken so that no parent has to go through what Uvalde’s parents and the others before them have gone through,” he said. McConaughey, who at some point weighed aspire to the governorship  of Texas.

The interpreter and winner of an Oscar award in the past has been in favor of a “responsible possession of weapons” and against the indiscriminate use of assault rifles,and closed He sent his message offering his prayers to the families of the victims.

The authorities of Texas (USA) confirmed Tuesday night that 19 children and two adults were killed after a 18-year-old entered armed and opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

The attacker was later shot down by the local police during the event, which several wounded and stands as the second largest shooting in recent years in a US school.

“Uvalde, there are no adequate words. Our hearts go out to you and all of our neighbors impacted by today’s horrific shooting,” he wrote. The San Antonio Spurs basketball team posted on its Twitter account, one of the many Texan institutions and personalities that have spoken out after the event.

The players of that team, Tre Jones and Lonnie Walker IV, each expressed He expressed his dismay at the event through two messages on his social networks.

I don’t know. what more has to happen for something to change. Jones on Twitter.

A monument and tower at the University of Texas at San Antonio “will display a solemn white candle for lives lost,” the University of Texas at San Antonio announced. the institution.

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