Matthew McConaughey is being called to hometown in wake of school massacre that left 14 kids dead 

Matthew McConaughey has been inundated with messages asking him to return to his hometown after a mass-shooting there killed 14 young schoolchildren.

The Texan actor has been besieged by tweets in the wake of Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that also killed a teacher, and left 18 year-old gunman Salvador Ramos dead. 

‘This is your hometown, these are your people! A word from you now will go further than a word from almost anyone else,’ wrote one person. 

‘Please use your voice and address gun control in Texas. People listen to you,’ wrote another.  

‘I really hope @McConaughey will reconsider his run for Governor after what occurred in his childhood hometown today. It’s time to and his cronies out of office and get real gun control in place NOW!’

McConaughey previously teased a possible Texas gubernatorial run for 2022, but last year announced he wouldn’t proceed with his plans to enter politics.

Matthew McConaughey, pictured in Austin, Texas, in April 2022, has been besieged with messages asking him to return to his Texas hometown of Uvalde in the wake of a shooting there on Tuesday that killed 14 elementary school students and a teacher 

He’s been tight-lipped on where his personal politics lie, but has previously defended the Second Amendment right to bear arms, while also decrying the gun violence that plagues the United States.  

McConaughey has been a vigilante on gun violence calling it ‘an epidemic in our country.’ 

The Oscar-winning actor said he ‘understands that Americans have the right to own guns, but it’s time to ‘forget that right’ because some people misuse guns.’ 

Cops are pictured close to the scene of Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas 

In a 2018 March for Our Lives event in Texas, McConaughy gave an impassioned speech about his support for some gun control, he also shared his fears that the youth-led movement will be ‘hijacked’ by those hoping to eliminate all guns in the United States.

‘I’ve got a lot of friends who are gun owners. I’ve got a lot of friends who are NRA. I grew up hunting. We had responsible gun ownership, but I was taught the right way to respect that tool,’ McConaughey said.

 In 2020, the Oscar -winning actor visited his hometown of Uvalde bringing his mother, family matriarch Kay McConaughey and brother, Mike for an hour-long comedy show that included a question-and-answer session.  

Kay told of the family’s moves across Uvalde, as they occupied homes on High, Getty and Third streets.  The family left in 1979.  ‘Uvalde was the most perfect place to raise children,’ Kay said.