Matthew McConaughey makes emotional plea for gun control | FULL SPEECH

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2024

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  • @TheMsdmeanor
    @TheMsdmeanor 2 года назад +99

    Deepest sincere condolences to the families of Uvalde. I’m sorry for your unfathomable loss, and hope for your families and communities to find solace in love and support from Manitoba Canada 🌹🇺🇸🌹

  • @NoHairMan
    @NoHairMan 2 года назад +88

    Can't tell you how surreal this all seems from the point of someone living outside of the USA.

    • @Renn13
      @Renn13 2 года назад +8

      ikr im from the UK and the worst thing here is terror attacks but it doesnt happen much, i couldn't imagine living in a country where just going out to school is a threat to your life

    • @Hasselhoff25816
      @Hasselhoff25816 2 года назад +6

      Stay there

    • @Hasselhoff25816
      @Hasselhoff25816 2 года назад

      @@Renn13 you don't live in a country with the democratic party in it either. Or the FBI. Or the CIA. 🥱

    • @punkoid76
      @punkoid76 2 года назад

      Couldn’t pay me to live in the USA. There was an American on British TV recently that’s chosen to live in the UK, his reasons being that the Uk is safe because idiots aren’t allowed guns, the NHS is free and America is full of racists and homophobes…that was an American speaking.

    • @saliferousstudios
      @saliferousstudios 2 года назад +2

      @@Renn13 It's a daily thing. I'm so tired.

  • @rachelblack314
    @rachelblack314 2 года назад +27

    "Guns for me but not for thee" because you know they're not giving up their security

    • @gerald5175
      @gerald5175 2 года назад +1

      They don't have to 'give up' their guns. They just have to pass a few common sense gun reforms.

    • @newdrewthepiratelord395
      @newdrewthepiratelord395 2 года назад +1

      You're right, I'm not

    • @newdrewthepiratelord395
      @newdrewthepiratelord395 2 года назад

      @@gerald5175 no. We don't.

    • @gerald5175
      @gerald5175 2 года назад

      @@newdrewthepiratelord395 You will. It might take an entire river of children’s blood, but you will. America is stupid but eventually the undeniable will rule the day.

    • @jimvernon9169
      @jimvernon9169 2 года назад

      Nobody is suggesting anyone give up a gun. The reforms he mentions involve background checks and waiting periods.

  • @ds.3577
    @ds.3577 2 года назад +51

    ‘Them shoes where the only way they could identify her’ wow that made me feel sick the image that painted in my mind

    • @Hasselhoff25816
      @Hasselhoff25816 2 года назад

      And thats exactly what it was scripted to do. Because you need a fellow libturd to tell you to feel a certain way. It doesn't come naturally for demons.

    • @unplugged123
      @unplugged123 2 года назад +2

      u can reallý feel the frustration in matthews voice when he said that. this is all so senseless...

  • @ajcaron3840
    @ajcaron3840 2 года назад +146

    I’m Canadian and this brought a tear to my eye - terribly sorry that this happened and I hope my fellow American cousins can figure this out.

    • @jessesioux4431
      @jessesioux4431 2 года назад +35

      The only person responsible for this is the perpetrator . No one else is to blame for this

    • @tcon2809
      @tcon2809 2 года назад +12

      send your canadian conservatives our way, cheers

    • @richardramfire3971
      @richardramfire3971 2 года назад +24

      @@jessesioux4431 your missing the point. This could be avoided or at least decrease the chances of it happening so often.

    • @johnmainwaring2614
      @johnmainwaring2614 2 года назад +20

      @@jessesioux4431 Do you not think that there are things that we can do to limit this from happening? If you think there is anything that we can do but aren't, then it isn't just the perpetrator's fault. If you don't think there is anything we can do, please stand aside, be quiet and let the adults figure this out.

    • @MikeyD0
      @MikeyD0 2 года назад +3

      @@jessesioux4431 that’s not true at all.

  • @SeabeeWife04
    @SeabeeWife04 2 года назад +9

    Maybe start by mentioning the cowardice of law enforcement & how they stood down?

  • @anthonybelyea1964
    @anthonybelyea1964 2 года назад +57

    I'm not American but as a human being I cried🇨🇦🇺🇲

    • @JackieBillyTom
      @JackieBillyTom 2 года назад

      That means you were the mark in this shameless con

    • @anthonybelyea1964
      @anthonybelyea1964 2 года назад

      You obviously have no compassion or are a very bitter person! Please don't respond unless you have something intelligent to say

    • @MrHobbesandlocke
      @MrHobbesandlocke 2 года назад

      I too am human fellow bot

    • @lil_levi4099
      @lil_levi4099 2 года назад

      🤣🤣

    • @jerryhello
      @jerryhello Год назад

      @@JackieBillyTom you should be ashamed of yourself

  • @mimma6191
    @mimma6191 2 года назад +98

    Wow… haven’t heard anything that meaningful and powerful from anyone except now. I have no idea how he held it together because listening to him has me in tears. Well done Matthew!

  • @artificergunn3065
    @artificergunn3065 2 года назад +53

    I’ve never understood the lack of registration/licenses for guns in America. You have to get registration and licenses for cars, sooo why not guns? Makes no sense.

    • @crobeastness
      @crobeastness 2 года назад +27

      equally baffling is why trudeau banned all handguns. if we can't see him as a complete authoritarian by now, canada is lost.

    • @Arclite02
      @Arclite02 2 года назад +19

      Cars aren't a RIGHT. And registration doesn't actually DO anything. We've tried that before, all it does is provide a list when the Government decides to seize people's property. It only leads to confiscation.

    • @ShallowDepression
      @ShallowDepression 2 года назад

      You what?

    • @yeahnah7083
      @yeahnah7083 2 года назад +15

      @@crobeastness You desperately need to learn what an authoritarian is

    • @mark2073
      @mark2073 2 года назад +12

      @@yeahnah7083 You will soon find out. They start out softly

  • @johnathanross6519
    @johnathanross6519 2 года назад +1

    Shall NOT be infringed.

    • @vwgames49
      @vwgames49 2 года назад

      Well REGULATED militia

    • @johnathanross6519
      @johnathanross6519 2 года назад +1

      @@vwgames49 Do you even know what a "militia" is? It's an armed population. In 1789, when the 2nd amendment was ratified "well regulated militia" it meant "citizenry armed with similar guns." This was reaffirmed the Heller V. DC decision that states all able-bodied men are in the militia.

  • @markpowell8258
    @markpowell8258 2 года назад +55

    Finally some common sense spoken , well done Matt. From a country with such tight gun laws like UK , beggars belief how America has so many wasted deaths when regulation would save lives across America

    • @ShallowDepression
      @ShallowDepression 2 года назад

      Yeah, give up the guns to the tyrannical governments, what a great idea...

    • @Kalimdor199Menegroth
      @Kalimdor199Menegroth 2 года назад +14

      In UK, gun violence is replaced by knife violence. They do not have guns, thus criminals go rampage with stabbings.

    • @mikejames1882
      @mikejames1882 2 года назад +1

      We stopped caring what you idiots think in 1776. Enjoy having no arms to keep your government in check from becoming tyrannical, which is always the #1 threat to the citizens of every country. The world's superpower having a well armed citizenry keeping its government in check, which in turn keeps your government in check is probably the only reason you have any rights or freedoms at all.

    • @gopium1976
      @gopium1976 2 года назад +2

      Yup Birmingham U.K. here and I agree

    • @Michael-hf5py
      @Michael-hf5py 2 года назад +1

      @@Kalimdor199Menegroth America has more knife murders per one million of population than the UK so you can put that argument to bed.

  • @Dan_Pearson
    @Dan_Pearson 2 года назад +11

    Meanwhile these hypocrites have private armed security everywhere they go

  • @hipfan5306
    @hipfan5306 2 года назад +78

    Bravo ,Matthew McCaughey. Finally a someone coming out ,speaking from the heart ❤ ,from someone other than a politician. Much love

    • @peppino1961
      @peppino1961 2 года назад

      You do realize he will run for office, he''s just another one of the same old bullshitters.

    • @michaelpark5681
      @michaelpark5681 2 года назад

      Pathetic social justice warrior is what he is.

  • @jdelgren9927
    @jdelgren9927 2 года назад +5

    Wow, can you imagine dancing on the fresh graves of children for political brownie points? What is this world coming to??

  • @biglew80
    @biglew80 2 года назад +7

    As a non American it's very sad and confusing to see this happen again.....but whats even more sad is that nothing will change. Too many politicians make too much money from the gun lobbyists

    • @captainamerica9028
      @captainamerica9028 2 года назад

      So we're suppose to forfeit our constitutional rights when a criminal maniac does a massacre? No way. We live in a free country where only the criminal who uses a gun to commit murder is punished. We're not punishing millions of law abiding gun owners over the actions of a criminal. You might do it in your country and it's why you have no freedoms.

    • @M123-w1s
      @M123-w1s 2 года назад

      Unvalde........ I Got Serious Questions. Do Not Look Away.
      Source LogicBeforeAuthority

    • @JustinL614
      @JustinL614 2 года назад +2

      What about the politicians who make their money from anti-gun lobbyists?

    • @jimbrannlund4677
      @jimbrannlund4677 2 года назад +1

      lol 😂

  • @michaelmunter8074
    @michaelmunter8074 2 года назад +47

    Is there somehow we can buy her artwork to keep her dream alive?

    • @ItsJustMe0585
      @ItsJustMe0585 2 года назад +3

      I'd buy it, if it went to her family and the others.

    • @matthewdaisley9996
      @matthewdaisley9996 2 года назад +1

      Matthew’s a multi millionaire, isn’t he doing it? 😂😂😂

    • @feonics8917
      @feonics8917 2 года назад

      @@matthewdaisley9996 you cretin!

    • @dallasgibson4131
      @dallasgibson4131 2 года назад

      @@matthewdaisley9996 just like your politicians have? And they aren't even doing this. Money doesn't buy back life. But we can prevent it repeating as much as possible and that would be the next best thing to being able to bring back those lives.

  • @todlowe4567
    @todlowe4567 2 года назад +29

    Wow…..so well said. Get it together Leaders. Take a stand and work together to “reach a higher ground”.

  • @california5877
    @california5877 2 года назад +31

    Thank you for speaking for Texas Matthew 🙏.

    • @ShallowDepression
      @ShallowDepression 2 года назад

      Texas mostly want to keep their guns, so he's basically speaking for Hollywood and the government.

  • @michellem6826
    @michellem6826 2 года назад +31

    Thanks! This needs to mean something.

    • @quartqwertbudisgood
      @quartqwertbudisgood 2 года назад

      Kind of a disturbing statement. I think it’s troubling how it’s become common place to “capitalize” on peoples deaths.

  • @theJoefamilychannel
    @theJoefamilychannel 2 года назад +10

    Run for office Matt.

    • @wingman3570
      @wingman3570 2 года назад +3

      ..and take your writer with you...

    • @coryboy345
      @coryboy345 2 года назад +1

      .....and lose

  • @bradysbeautyblogSarah
    @bradysbeautyblogSarah 2 года назад +19

    Sending love from Northern Ireland

  • @catherinefitzgerald7291
    @catherinefitzgerald7291 2 года назад +18

    I'm so glad I don't live in America. What a mess. And you brag about how great you are...sigh.

    • @snakeplissken571
      @snakeplissken571 2 года назад

      yeah here in canada we stab each other instead and thats somehow morally better right? this clown is a hypocrite just like stallone and others who made millions from movies he used guns in.

  • @madonnadillon3858
    @madonnadillon3858 2 года назад +39

    That's one Awesome Human...💕💞🇨🇦👍😢😢

  • @angelamiller432
    @angelamiller432 2 года назад +7

    Why is the NRA tax exempt

  • @alanpreston1822
    @alanpreston1822 2 года назад +11

    We need this type of passionate, common sense, logical speech for guns, democracy, climate change, and inequalities. This is the type of leader countries that are progressing are employing, and they are moving forward. We are moving backward.

    • @JustinL614
      @JustinL614 2 года назад +1

      The problem is the shooter had no previous criminal record so no gun law would have helped.

    • @alanpreston1822
      @alanpreston1822 2 года назад

      @@JustinL614 Assault weapon ban would have.

  • @lisebelanger1692
    @lisebelanger1692 2 года назад +28

    Our deepest and most sincere condolences to the families and friends of Uvalde for this unbearable act of violence towards your most innocent, and hope that together you can make the changes that Mr. McConaughey suggests. Much love and support from your neighbors up North, in Ontario, Canada, prayers. ❤❤❤

  • @1xRacer
    @1xRacer 2 года назад +1

    Anything other than change gun laws is total selfishness.

  • @Benandlandon
    @Benandlandon 2 года назад +10

    Dude has a handgun collection.

    • @BC-qs2sv
      @BC-qs2sv 2 года назад +2

      So your point is?

    • @Benandlandon
      @Benandlandon 2 года назад +1

      @@BC-qs2sv you seem confused.

    • @jackykincaid
      @jackykincaid 2 года назад

      He didn’t say get rid of ‘em…..

    • @catherinejenkins2284
      @catherinejenkins2284 2 года назад

      @@BC-qs2sv its called being the example.

    • @BC-qs2sv
      @BC-qs2sv 2 года назад

      @@catherinejenkins2284 True he is being a great example of being a safe gun owner.

  • @zonezone80
    @zonezone80 2 года назад +7

    this guy is another level of amazingness

  • @doenjohnjo434
    @doenjohnjo434 2 года назад +12

    Don’t blame guns blame the psycho..

    • @Neilleeds
      @Neilleeds 2 года назад

      The guns are the inanimate objects that are slaughtering ppl every day . Muppet

  • @jow.6605
    @jow.6605 2 года назад +17

    Why does any civilian need an AR15 rifle?

    • @_Seagie
      @_Seagie 2 года назад +11

      protection, hunting, target shooting..... things real men are experienced with. Doesn't concern you.

    • @motorteeth
      @motorteeth 2 года назад +2

      ​@Ac Cz a hug won't feed you... a hug won't stop someone from harming you.

    • @Panellll
      @Panellll 2 года назад +2

      Bill of rights, not needs. Why do you think we still have the 1st, 3rd, 4th shall I go on?

    • @jow.6605
      @jow.6605 2 года назад +3

      These pro-gun replies demonstrate what a sick country the USA is right now. Nothing McConaughy recommended would have stopped the Las Vegas shooter from getting all his firearms.

    • @steveg1054
      @steveg1054 2 года назад

      @@_Seagie Oh stop it. You pee sitting down.

  • @liddyvasquez7919
    @liddyvasquez7919 2 года назад +14

    Thank you Mr mccauneghy

    • @_Seagie
      @_Seagie 2 года назад +1

      you're welcome 🤡

  • @davidpellatt2110
    @davidpellatt2110 2 года назад +27

    You nailed it. I just hope they listen to you. The land of the free, the land of the scared children…..

    • @middleman9183
      @middleman9183 2 года назад

      @TourCaddie so?

    • @gerald5175
      @gerald5175 2 года назад

      @TourCaddie Tons of money has been spent on the wrong things. Abbott himself massively cut money that was supposed to go to mental health. They don't care about mental health, they just don't want to look at the real problem. They have a civilian population with almost half a billion guns. That's truly mad. It's time for some common sense gun reform.

  • @bcbudGstatus
    @bcbudGstatus 2 года назад +6

    This is exactly why we need guns to protect ourselves and family because obviously the police aren't going to do it. Those coward cops need to be charged and thrown in jail for what they did. COWARDS!!!!

    • @timothybroughton5651
      @timothybroughton5651 2 года назад +2

      charged with accessory to murder.

    • @kotakpuri
      @kotakpuri 2 года назад

      what if no common individual in States have any guns? not legally anyways. don't you think thats better alternative?

    • @bcbudGstatus
      @bcbudGstatus 2 года назад

      @@kotakpuri bad guys will always have guns no matter the laws

  • @dani-ol5xb
    @dani-ol5xb 2 года назад +18

    Nobody needs an AR15

    • @storminnorman7445
      @storminnorman7445 2 года назад +6

      You're right we need multiple AR-15s.

    • @peter12246
      @peter12246 2 года назад

      @@storminnorman7445 Talk to a doctor about getting your penis enlarged, or use a magnifying glass

    • @steveg1054
      @steveg1054 2 года назад +4

      @@storminnorman7445 Sad.

    • @dani-ol5xb
      @dani-ol5xb 2 года назад +1

      Why do guns matter more than childrens lives in your eyes?

  • @Betis91
    @Betis91 2 года назад +1

    What a clown show

  • @johnjohnson8336
    @johnjohnson8336 2 года назад +12

    Go after illegal guns

    • @bobishinka
      @bobishinka 2 года назад

      Almost all of these mass shootings have been by legal guns, the criminal gangs haven't been doing these mass shootings. If your mainstream right wing logic was to be actually effective here they should ban legal gun ownership.

  • @stevenaisbitt9520
    @stevenaisbitt9520 2 года назад +24

    Powerful empassioned and human words. Well said Matthew

  • @jaysyd24
    @jaysyd24 2 года назад +31

    As powerful as his statement is, the United States will never change.

    • @nowaynowau
      @nowaynowau 2 года назад +4

      Why does it need to change? The only thing we need to change is leadership

    • @drshreddi7040
      @drshreddi7040 2 года назад

      @@nowaynowau There are shootings at schools. That should be enough to change a country.

    • @SwordFishRiver
      @SwordFishRiver 2 года назад +4

      Agreed. Unfortunately, the same old, same old will continue.

    • @trumphatesyou
      @trumphatesyou 2 года назад

      @@nowaynowau Yes! Mitch McConnell is a piece of poop. He hates this country!

    • @drshreddi7040
      @drshreddi7040 2 года назад

      @@SwordFishRiver Yep. Not a civilized country.

  • @Tonimaroni2BeKindToAnimals
    @Tonimaroni2BeKindToAnimals 2 года назад +17

    Thank you Matthew

  • @tibbymat
    @tibbymat 2 года назад +14

    What a great speech. Better than anyone in office.

  • @christineprice916
    @christineprice916 2 года назад +36

    THANK YOU SIR FOR STANDING UP FOR THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. MAYBE THE POLITICIANS WILL LISTEN AND HEAR YOU. BLESSINGS.

    • @EthanMartin-tn5vj
      @EthanMartin-tn5vj 2 года назад +3

      Standing up for the children would have been defending them. Not standing by as they got slaughtered.

    • @christineprice916
      @christineprice916 2 года назад +2

      @@EthanMartin-tn5vj True. And if he was there I feel confident he would move into action. He is the voice for the children. A lot of times humans have to visit hell before anything is done or even considered. Entirely too many lost lives from violence.

  • @dougiebhoy2399
    @dougiebhoy2399 2 года назад +27

    Nailed it, time for everyone to put pride aside for the childrens futures

  • @ireneskulmoski5764
    @ireneskulmoski5764 2 года назад +7

    Beautifully said😢

  • @Average-Rust-Player
    @Average-Rust-Player 2 года назад +22

    This is 100% a spot on bullseye. Honest, poignant, meaningful words, testimony from those affected both directly and indirectly. Not a call for the outlaw of guns or AR platform rifles. But real ways to put an end to this. Hopefully it doesn’t fall on deaf ears.

    • @uvaldesch.shootingwasanact2002
      @uvaldesch.shootingwasanact2002 2 года назад

      ..... he's full of crap,....and so are you.

    • @johnnyjohnson3383
      @johnnyjohnson3383 2 года назад

      Yah right…Matthew who cares?

    • @Arclite02
      @Arclite02 2 года назад +3

      It absolutely IS a call for outlawing guns and banning the AR. He doesn't say the quiet part out loud, but that's where his suggestions inevitably lead.

  • @benpartrick4836
    @benpartrick4836 2 года назад +5

    I like him, but just ban assault rifles ! No one needs them, no civilian in any country needs them !!! America is the only country that hasn’t figured this out

    • @Panellll
      @Panellll 2 года назад

      Bill of rights, not needs. Go to 'one of the more civilized countries' then.

    • @middleman9183
      @middleman9183 2 года назад +1

      @@Panellll Bill of not right?

    • @brianfrandle326
      @brianfrandle326 2 года назад

      Assault pistols and assault knives too!

    • @rhondaseitz2634
      @rhondaseitz2634 2 года назад +1

      @@Panellll What do you need an assault rifle for?

    • @catherinejenkins2284
      @catherinejenkins2284 2 года назад

      @@rhondaseitz2634 it a granny gun 🙃. It isn't high powered, it has little recoil. Idk why everyone is deluded and can't look it up the capability of a weapon. They hear an acronym and assume it's meaning; AR does not stand for Assault Rifle it stands for Arma lite(lite as in not heavy.) This gun has been demonized, when more often than not it's hand guns that are usually responsible for mass shootings. I feel sorry for the old person who has to use a 'shotgun' instead as the President suggested...

  • @jamieberns7225
    @jamieberns7225 2 года назад +27

    Heartbreaking 💔

  • @mjolnirbull3779
    @mjolnirbull3779 2 года назад +20

    Mathew knows how to deliver a message. 👏🏽👍🏽

  • @shaarinya6932
    @shaarinya6932 2 года назад +38

    Give up your body guards. Or are only you allowed to protect yourself.

    • @darrenhcook
      @darrenhcook 2 года назад +1

      If gun laws prevent bodyguards from carrying guns, they will not carry guns.

    • @trogdor4201
      @trogdor4201 2 года назад +8

      ?? What does that have to do with background checks and raising the minimum age of puchasing a gun?

    • @ronshort6497
      @ronshort6497 2 года назад

      Nut bag.

    • @ignacioprado
      @ignacioprado 2 года назад +3

      Even his bodyguards are not carrying a AR-15, what’s your point.

  • @andreasnewitsch59
    @andreasnewitsch59 2 года назад +12

    Words of kindness. Even in a most frustrating moment.

  • @scottholt69ify
    @scottholt69ify 2 года назад +6

    Let's stop drunk driving by not allowing anyone to drive. Same logic as gun control

  • @ladybug16421
    @ladybug16421 2 года назад +9

    You are a saint for speaking up for these lost souls. The NRA should be abolished and ashamed of themselves. I'm just glad to be Canadian.

    • @crobeastness
      @crobeastness 2 года назад

      im not. trudeau took away our ability to purchase handguns. he is completely authoritarian. citizens should be able to defend themselves.

    • @HelloWorld492
      @HelloWorld492 2 года назад +2

      Abolished for what? The only person to blame for this shooting is the shooter himself and no one else.

    • @Arclite02
      @Arclite02 2 года назад +1

      The NRA isn't involved in this in any way whatsoever.

  • @angrymuppet4209
    @angrymuppet4209 2 года назад +4

    Yes Please. 💔❤

  • @theviker
    @theviker 2 года назад +15

    I’m destroyed watching this . Please America , small changes is all that’s needed.

    • @wingman3570
      @wingman3570 2 года назад +14

      ...and that's how the frog boiled...

    • @M123-w1s
      @M123-w1s 2 года назад

      Unvalde........ I Got Serious Questions. Do Not Look Away.
      Source LogicBeforeAuthority

  • @Tito-sq1kb
    @Tito-sq1kb 2 года назад +13

    No one needs an AR-15

  • @JoeyArmstrong2800
    @JoeyArmstrong2800 2 года назад +29

    "All right, all right, all right" - Wooderson.

  • @jeycalc6877
    @jeycalc6877 2 года назад +8

    You know its bad when even a Texan like McConaughey is speaking out

  • @The_Answer_Is_Within
    @The_Answer_Is_Within 2 года назад +1

    But, will they ever learn!?

  • @rogerwilco6725
    @rogerwilco6725 2 года назад +1

    Hey RUclips, give me the Downvote count on this

  • @marlenebulger6822
    @marlenebulger6822 2 года назад +15

    Thank you Mr. McCaughey! ❤

  • @RickMidnight
    @RickMidnight 2 года назад +6

    His acting is WAY better than Trudeau's.

  • @dvsbstrdfirm2664
    @dvsbstrdfirm2664 2 года назад +8

    He never advocated gun control until he got paid for gun control 😎

    • @steveh46
      @steveh46 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, all the dead kids in his hometown didn't matter... to you. To him, they mattered.

  • @ctrudeau55
    @ctrudeau55 2 года назад +4

    Also Matt tell cops to go in

  • @roywhitman7109
    @roywhitman7109 2 года назад +19

    Brilliant! Very powerful! Hope his words carry some kind of commitment to our lawmakers!

  • @joshshannon6194
    @joshshannon6194 2 года назад +18

    Thank you Matthew! Well articulated and straight to the point. It’s time to make a change.

    • @matthewdaisley9996
      @matthewdaisley9996 2 года назад +7

      He read it from a scrip because he gets paid to it’s not because he cares 😂 and how much of his money is he offering up to help out???

    • @middleman9183
      @middleman9183 2 года назад +3

      @@matthewdaisley9996 you've distorted the truth

    • @seamusthefurball1094
      @seamusthefurball1094 2 года назад +3

      @@matthewdaisley9996 Or maybe he didn't want to wing a 20-minute speech with such sensitive and important subject matter?

    • @gerald5175
      @gerald5175 2 года назад +2

      @@matthewdaisley9996 He read it from a speech that he, himself wrote. He actually stopped filming something right after it happened and went to Uvalde, his hometown, spent significant time with the families under the radar...no one knew he was there...he crafted this truly extraordinary speech and then delivered it perfectly. I guarantee you, he was in no way financially compensated for this. Seriously curious, how ignorant and cynical does someone have to be before they would attack something like this?

  • @cyndimoring9389
    @cyndimoring9389 2 года назад +18

    finally. let's replace the word 'rights' with 'responsibility' to have those rights. I also taught school in a small Texas town.

  • @maincontact8701
    @maincontact8701 2 года назад +3

    this guy only cares about looking cool

  • @steventodd5678
    @steventodd5678 2 года назад +14

    Thank you for caring and doing what you could to help.

  • @constantinespanos488
    @constantinespanos488 2 года назад +6

    Very powerful. Kudos to President Biden for granting Mr McConaughey the podium and platform to speak.

  • @uzyoc
    @uzyoc 2 года назад +2

    Well said!!! 👍🙏😇 🇺🇸

  • @WLDB
    @WLDB 2 года назад +13

    If nothing gets done as I suspect - he should run for office.

  • @jopendreigh1904
    @jopendreigh1904 2 года назад +3

    Your eloquence on behalf of the victims is moving and hopeful America gets the change it needs regarding this 🙏.

  • @lukewarmwater5320
    @lukewarmwater5320 2 года назад +5

    I'd rather have a gun and not need one than need a gun and not have one...

    • @srk368
      @srk368 2 года назад +2

      I hope your family is safe from someone else who thinks this way (till the day he doesn't).

    • @vwgames49
      @vwgames49 2 года назад

      I’d rather have no guns and no dead children than having guns and dead children

    • @wingman3570
      @wingman3570 2 года назад +2

      @@srk368 ...most who have a gun pray they never have to use it in a situation... blaming everyone for the actions of criminals is what criminals do...

    • @lukewarmwater5320
      @lukewarmwater5320 2 года назад

      @@srk368 I wouldn't want to go camping with you...

  • @melaniesheldon8013
    @melaniesheldon8013 2 года назад +6

    Thank you Sir. 💔

  • @dakzzy3557
    @dakzzy3557 2 года назад +21

    This was the best bi-partisan plea. You can tell he respects gun owners, but also wants it harder to get guns.

  • @celestemarines7241
    @celestemarines7241 2 года назад +18

    Thank you for using your platform to be a voice for the families suffering unspeakable loss.

  • @LXSeaV
    @LXSeaV 2 года назад +6

    He did such a great job 👏

    • @wingman3570
      @wingman3570 2 года назад +2

      ....exactly, a great " job"...

  • @what6336
    @what6336 2 года назад +1

    No

  • @theshowhost7253
    @theshowhost7253 2 года назад +9

    Show me one place in America where gun control works?

    • @wesrichmond
      @wesrichmond 2 года назад +8

      Show me one place in a developed nation outside of the United States where it doesn’t.

    • @theshowhost7253
      @theshowhost7253 2 года назад +1

      @@wesrichmond name one country that has a similar constitution or national Culture 🤔

    • @steveg1054
      @steveg1054 2 года назад +2

      @@theshowhost7253 Maybe you answered the problem with that statement.

  • @benjip9207
    @benjip9207 2 года назад +30

    A raw, honest and powerful message from a true legend.

    • @JackieBillyTom
      @JackieBillyTom 2 года назад +2

      'legend' must mean something different now than it used to

    • @M123-w1s
      @M123-w1s 2 года назад

      The Enemy within explained in the 18 hour pentalogy,"as youtube blocks this video for the obvious reasons, you must scroll down the video section of channel Giureh part 5 can be seen on HomeLand Sickuity. Sean Hross a real Legend!!

  • @MrQuincy27
    @MrQuincy27 2 года назад +3

    A celebrity? Seriously?

    • @elitalks258
      @elitalks258 2 года назад

      Matthew McConaughey was born and raised in Uvalde.

    • @MrQuincy27
      @MrQuincy27 2 года назад

      @@elitalks258 ok?

    • @elitalks258
      @elitalks258 2 года назад

      @@MrQuincy27 Okay, therefore, it makes sense for him to talk about this.

    • @MrQuincy27
      @MrQuincy27 2 года назад

      @@elitalks258 Rich celebrities should stay out of politics, that’s what I think Eli

    • @elitalks258
      @elitalks258 2 года назад

      @@MrQuincy27 Alright then, I hope Clint Eastwood, Ted Nugent, Elon Musk, and other rich conservative celebrities also shut the f-k up about their views. Let's keep it consistent, yeah?

  • @lucabrasi7016
    @lucabrasi7016 2 года назад +14

    Bravo Matthew! You mattered today.

  • @mr.r7434
    @mr.r7434 2 года назад +14

    I saw a movie once where only the Police and Military had guns, it was Schindler's List.

    • @Panellll
      @Panellll 2 года назад +1

      To these would be opposed a militia amounting to near half a million of citizens with arms in their hands, officered by men chosen from among themselves, fighting for their common liberties, and united and conducted by governments possessing their affections and confidence.

  • @mauriceortiz8817
    @mauriceortiz8817 2 года назад +20

    Sad reality that this celebrity speaks with heart and logic in place far better than any elected official from the current administration and the last one. Alright alright alright
    But, please, let's not ask. Let's demand. Noww!!!
    Courage.and honor have been sorely lacking in this nation these days. Prove me wrong. Please!

    • @mauriceortiz8817
      @mauriceortiz8817 2 года назад

      @@2antiquated he is too intelligent to be elected by Texans. Sorry not sorry.

    • @johnbrown6189
      @johnbrown6189 2 года назад

      @@mauriceortiz8817 yep he would have to dumb it down a few notches.

  • @钟秋-v5k
    @钟秋-v5k 2 года назад +3

    This is the guy Americans need in the top job.

  • @mwm48
    @mwm48 2 года назад +9

    Could you get some better gun control measures? Be a lot cooler if you could…

  • @jessjess8231
    @jessjess8231 2 года назад +7

    amazing

  • @melaniemessow9856
    @melaniemessow9856 2 года назад +1

    Please Listen!!!
    🖤

  • @ingridmoreno6182
    @ingridmoreno6182 2 года назад +12

    Well done! 🙌🙌

  • @DavidWindsorDCW
    @DavidWindsorDCW 2 года назад +2

    Powerfull

  • @barrymacneill5536
    @barrymacneill5536 2 года назад +4

    Well said Mathew , for saying what most of the world are thinking and wanting done

  • @mandycote5662
    @mandycote5662 2 года назад +2

    It’s not the guns that require controlling it’s the person behind it- just like anything else- blaming it on the object instead of the subject- hypocrites!!!

  • @willroberts636
    @willroberts636 2 года назад +8

    Great speech. But he’s still on board for 21 year olds having access to AR15’s. Pretty sad that you can own a military weapon

    • @Panellll
      @Panellll 2 года назад +6

      Ar 15s aren't military rifles.

    • @daveslyker4431
      @daveslyker4431 2 года назад

      Why should the military have such weapons as you say. Why should cops? If guns are so bad then no one, including politicians and police should own guns

    • @prestonfontana8416
      @prestonfontana8416 2 года назад +1

      @@Panellll Pretty sad that Americans have such easy access to such deadly weapons.
      There, I played your semantic game

    • @prestonfontana8416
      @prestonfontana8416 2 года назад

      @AtR ARs are overkill. Guns, in general, are overkill for defending yourself.

  • @jimbaptista7371
    @jimbaptista7371 2 года назад +3

    Children murdered is a monumental loss. Law makers must not delay better laws being passed. To prevent further tragedies.

    • @muhamedjones122
      @muhamedjones122 2 года назад

      It seems like these lawmakers don't care.

  • @melaniesheldon8013
    @melaniesheldon8013 2 года назад +10

    Thank you. This is painful news, it must be shared.

    • @Hasselhoff25816
      @Hasselhoff25816 2 года назад

      The only painful news is you hearing "come and get them".

    • @anaarkadievna
      @anaarkadievna 2 года назад +1

      IT'S PAINFUL THEY WANT YOUR GUNS!

    • @gerald5175
      @gerald5175 2 года назад

      @@anaarkadievna No they don't. Not unless you're mentally unstable, dangerous to yourself or others, or too young.

    • @M123-w1s
      @M123-w1s 2 года назад

      Unvalde........... I Got Serious Questions. Do Not Look Away.
      Source LogicBeforeAuthority

  • @Panellll
    @Panellll 2 года назад +31

    "The country gets older, but the Constitutional protections remain the same."
    Every single gun law in place is already unconstitutional. Who will protect you and your family? The same police you want to defund, or the police who stood outside an active shooter situation and did nothing?

    • @tedpolson4219
      @tedpolson4219 2 года назад

      Poor scared pathetic excuse of human being….

    • @rotarydial000
      @rotarydial000 2 года назад

      18 year olds don’t need an AK-47 to protect their family

    • @Panellll
      @Panellll 2 года назад

      @@rotarydial000 but an 18 year old can get shipped to a country half way around the world to defend yours?

  • @vidkidz83
    @vidkidz83 2 года назад +1

    Common sense gun regulations now. No prayer. Action.

  • @elidyson256
    @elidyson256 2 года назад +6

    Is he acting or making plea?

  • @jamesmadison7551
    @jamesmadison7551 Год назад +2

    Matthew, i like your movies but, your just an entertainer, stay that way.

  • @dyoungdyounglast6336
    @dyoungdyounglast6336 2 года назад

    Keep your guns. Self defense is essential today. Get a small Derringer.