The Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey spoke at the White House press briefing on Tuesday. McConaughey is a gun owner from Uvalde, Texas, the site of last month’s school massacre where 19 students and two teachers were shot dead.

Matthew McConaughey: “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.”

Matthew McConaughey and his wife spent a week in his hometown of Uvalde after the massacre meeting with the loved ones of the massacre victims.