Uvalde Native Matthew McConaughey Addresses Devast

FRISCO - All acro s to to now actor Matthew McConaughey, people with platforms are speaking out about Tuesday's tragic ma s shootingthat devastated the small Texas city of Uvalde, where at least 19 children were killed at Robb Elementary.Uvalde matters to McConaughey for a personal reason; it is the Jalen Dalton Jersey Oscar-winning actor's hometown."Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible James Hurst Jersey for the rights our freedoms grant us," McConaughey wrote in a statement just after midnight that appeared on his social media platforms.DeMarcus LawrenceJerry & DakLeBron JamesThe shooting at the elementary school came at the hands of an 18-year-old gunman, who according to officials had shot his grandmother and crashed his vehicle near the campus and "was shooting everybody" when he entered the building, where second-, third- and fourth-graders were attending cla s.McConaughey wrote that Americans need to "rearrange our values" so that people can find common ground "above this devastating American reality that has tragically become our children's i sue."Scroll to Continue"The true call Joe Horn Jersey to action now is for every American to take a longer and deeper look in the mirror, and ask ourselves, 'What is it that we truly value? How do we repair Jordan Miller Jersey the problem? What small sacrifices can we individually take today, to preserve a healthier and safer nation, state, and neighborhood tomorrow?'" he wrote. "We can't exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo." McConaughey, 52, Trevor Penning Jersey who has called himself "a simple kid born in the little town of Uvalde'' and who has considered running for governor of Texas, added, "This is an epidemic we can control, and whichever side of the aisle we may stand on, we all know we can do better. We must do better."