As we note on our website this week, even major Republican donors are calling on lawmakers to implement targeted gun policies. Yet - and I almost have to whisper for fear of jinxing the moment - there may be a thaw in Congress. That meant passing meaningful legislation aimed at fighting gun violence.Īfter so many mass murders and so many debates, it can feel like our national dialogue on gun policy is permanently frozen. “They want to make their loss of life matter,' he said.
The Texas actor spoke to the national press as a messenger for the families of the 19 children who were killed in a school shooting in McConaughey’s hometown of Uvalde. We’ve been here before - demanding policymakers act after a mass slaughter at the hands of a man with a gun. With a fist slammed into a White House lectern, Matthew McConaughey captured the national moment perhaps better than anyone else.
Evan Mintz, director of communications, writes this week about what's ahead for gun violence policy:
