Texas Native Jamie Foxx Calls For Gun Control After Uvalde Shooting

Jamie Foxx is breaking his silence on gun control.

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Foxx posted a more than two-minute video on his Instagram page on Wednesday.

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“I am from Texas, I own guns,” he wrote in the caption.

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He said that the U.S. is in the “Stone Age” when it “comes to gun control and gun safety.”

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“This doesn’t happen in other parts of the world…” he pointed out.

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Foxx added, “if we can standby and let children die over and over again then we are hypocritical in our beliefs…”

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He wrote, “We have to stop dancing around the issue and get these types of guns off the street…”

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He concluded his post with the hashtag #imwiththechildren.

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“My heart is for those in #uvalde #enoughisenough,” one follower commented.

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