--- title: Amal Clooney Calls for Gun Control in Vogue Cover Story description: Amal Clooney spoke out on gun control and why she supported the 'March Four Our Lives' in her cover feature with Vogue Magazine. canonical: https://time.com/5235455/amal-clooney-gun-control-interview/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-10T21:39:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:01.127Z og:title: Amal Clooney Calls for Gun Control: 'This Doesn’t Happen in Other Developed Countries' og:description: Here's what the international human rights lawyer had to say og:url: https://time.com/5235455/amal-clooney-gun-control-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt569fcf75f62c6099/69892d49bc6cfcb2e63e59e4/amal-clooney-on-gun-control.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Watermark Conference For Women 2018 Amal Clooney og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amal Clooney Calls for Gun Control: 'This Doesn’t Happen in Other Developed Countries' twitter:description: Here's what the international human rights lawyer had to say twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt569fcf75f62c6099/69892d49bc6cfcb2e63e59e4/amal-clooney-on-gun-control.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amal Clooney Calls for Gun Control: 'This Doesn’t Happen in Other Developed Countries'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 10, 2018 9:39 PM UTC  Amal Clooney Amal ClooneyMarla Aufmuth—Getty Images for Watermark Confe  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 10, 2018 9:39 PM UTC It’s a well-established fact that [Amal Clooney](http://time.com/4499106/amal-clooney-isis-war-crimes/) is a universally recognized badass thanks to her work as an [international human-rights barrister](http://time.com/3687871/amal-clooney-fashion-robes-turkey/), something that was further confirmed in a May 2018 cover profile of her in [_Vogue_](https://www.vogue.com/article/amal-clooney-vogue-cover-may-issue-2018). In the profile, readers learn that her husband, actor George Clooney, thinks Amal and her career are far superior to his own work in Hollywood and as a humanitarian. Readers also learn that [the twins](http://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/) she and George welcomed a year ago said “Mama” as their first word. However, it’s Amal’s dedication to social causes that might be the most engrossing part of the profile. In the piece, she sounds off on the #MeToo movement and goes into detail about the shortcomings of the gun control movement in the U.S., something she and George have been vocal about — the couple donated half a million dollars to the recent [March for Our Lives in Washington D.C.](http://time.com/5214185/here-are-some-of-the-best-signs-from-march-for-our-lives/) and also attended the student-led march. “I’ve seen lots of commentary where people have tried to say, ‘This isn’t about having too many guns or allowing semiautomatic and automatic weapons to be purchased too easily—surely this is about mental health, or about violence and movies,’ ” she said. “The fact is, there are violent movies all over the world, and there are mental-health issues in other countries. But this doesn’t happen in other developed countries. 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