Matthew McConaughey Urges Gun Control In White House Speech
Actor Matthew McConaughey, who hails from Uvalde, Texas, where the elementary school shooting that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers last month occurred, made an emotional appeal for gun control during a speech at the White House on Tuesday night. McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves, spent a week in the actor’s hometown with the victims’ grieving families. In his 20-minute speech, he detailed at length the dreams the children had. Maite Rodriguez, 9, had dreams of being a marine biologist. Ellie Garcia loved church and worked with her dad and uncles to mow yards. She couldn’t w...