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In the wake of the shooting at Robb Elementary School, McConaughey, who was born and grew up in Uvalde, shared a social media post in which described gun violence in America as \"an epidemic we can control\" and urged politicians, regardless of their political party, to realize \"we all know we can do better.\"

\"We are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us,\" he added. \"We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo.\"

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