“I’ve got a lot of friends who are gun owners”
Actor Matthew McConaughey supports certain gun control measures and even spoke at the “March for Our Lives” in his hometown of Austin, Texas, despite McConaughey’s fear that the youth-led movement will be “hijacked” by extremists who wish to take people’s guns away.
Speaking at the CinemaCon theater-owners convention on Monday, McConaughey said gun violence is “an epidemic in our country” that he hopes to curtail without taking guns away from people.
“I’ve got a lot of friends who are gun owners. I’ve got a lot of friends who are NRA (National Rifle Association). I grew up hunting. We had responsible gun ownership, but I was taught the right way to respect that tool,” he said. “At the same time, their petition that they were speaking about is a very good one. And I also fear that their campaign — they have to watch that they don’t get hijacked. Meaning, a lot of the crowd was for no guns at all. That was not the march for life. March for Our Lives was for rightful, just, responsible gun ownership — but against assault rifles, against unlimited magazines and for following up on the regulations.”
McConaughey ultimately hopes that a middle-ground can be reached between the two parties so that the epidemic can be curtailed.
“The two sides (have) got to talk. Because we both agree that there’s an epidemic,” he said. “We both agree something has got to change. So I was for what they were marching for, and I wanted to speak to my hometown on the capital of my state Texas’ steps. And also talk to the many men and women who I grew up with, I know that had the guns, that owned the guns, and say, ‘hey, do we really, where can we reach across the aisle here? Find a compromise for the betterment of all of us?’”
While some conservatives may disagree with some of McConaughey’s proposals on gun control, at least he welcomes debate on the issue and gives his opponents dignity rather than shouting them down as a “murderer” as many did to Dana Loesch during the CNN town hall.
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