Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum lauded actor Matthew McConaughey after he delivered remarks about guns at Tuesday’s White House press briefing.
McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were shot to death two weeks ago by a gunman who bought the weapons when he turned 18 a week before. Less than two weeks prior to the shooting, another 18-year-old gunman killed 10 Black people in a racist rampage in Buffalo, New York. Both used AR-15-style rifles.
McConaughey told reporters,
We need to restore our family values, we need to restore our American values, and we need responsible gun ownership. Responsible gun ownership. We need background checks. 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. These are reasonable practical, tactical regulations to our nation, states, communities, schools and homes. Responsible gun owners are fed up with the Second Amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals.
MacCallum reacted to those remarks by calling them “very strong words.”
“I think he touched a nerve,” she said. “I hope we still live in a world where touching a nerve can actually move something, can move the needle just five months from an election.”
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