Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Matthew McConaghey Speech Date:   6/7/2022 3:18:15 PM (updated 6/7/2022 3:21:31 PM)

Our breakfast room TV was inadvertently left on after lunch and as I was busy editing a draft cybersecurity media protection policy (booooring), I overheard some guy talking about the kids who died in the Texas shooting, and he was making it very personal, talking about the kids' aspirations that woiuld never be fulfilled and the parents' grief at not having the chance to witness all the events of the childrens' growing up. He spoke of the horror of trying to identify the remains through DNA because the child was so disfigured from the gunshot wound that they were unrecognizable.  I wondered who was speaking so went back into the breakfast room and saw that the person was not a politician, not a preacher, not a law enforcement official, but an ACTOR, Matthew McConaghey  (who happens to be from Uvalde Texas).  He passionately spoke to a reasoned approach that would get to the root of the problem, while at the same time preserving the Second Amendment.  Hopefully his words will get some traction in the media, although because they don't help the gun control agenda, the chances are slim that they will.  I urge you to use your search engine of choice to find, listen to, and absorb his words.  They are a reasonable compromise that make getting an AR-15 a little more inconvenient, raising the age to get one to 21 (unless in the military), mandates background checks for all purchases, and imposes a four day waiting period before actual possession.  His approach would also enhance mental health and red flag laws but does NOT impinge on the basic rights given in the Second Amendment.