Posted on 07/05/2016 5:29:20 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Hollywood actor Matt Damon used a press conference in Australia over the Fourth of July weekend to discuss his desire for a massive confiscation of U.S. guns. “You guys did it here in one fell swoop [in 1996] and I wish that could happen in my country, but it’s such a personal issue for people that we cannot talk about it sensibly,” Mr. Damon said during a promotional engagement in Sydney for the movie “Jason Bourne.” The action star went on to say people get too “emotional” when it comes to “not selling AK47s to people on terror watchlists.” Mr. Damon also discussed the Dec. 12, 2012, massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20-year-old Adam Lanza stole his mother’s legal weapons, killed her and then did the same to 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “Obviously, mass shootings aren’t going to do it. There have been so many of them at this point. Sandy Hook, when those children were murdered, if that didn’t do it, you know, I just don’t know. Maybe we just need to evolve further before we can have that conversation, I don’t know,” Mr. Damon said, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Sunday.
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I take it real personal when someone attempts to disarm me.
So does every armed person on the planet, if they have two brain cells to rub together.
In “The Prince”, Machiavelli makes some observations about armed men. One of them is a quote that I have used repeatedly. From “The Prince”:
“There is no comparison whatever between an armed and disarmed man; it is not reasonable to suppose that one who is armed will obey willingly one who is unarmed; or that any unarmed man will remain safe....” - Niccoló Machiavelli, The Prince. 1537.
I think I’ve come up with a neat idea for a new TV show.
Called “Celebrity Death Wish” it would follow prominent anti gun advocates like Matt Damon as they personally try to confiscate the firearms of folks who have promised to give them up one bullet at a time.
Fuch you matt.
Funny how such a popular well liked actor can go from “Bad-Ass” to “Pussy” in 5 seconds.
Agreed. Let’s do this. I’m ready to waste the commie trash.
Isn’t he from communist Massachusetts?
I haven’t seen one yet. Don’t plan to, either.
ya know that new Jason Borne movie, I won’t be seeing it
Just stick to acting Dumbass. Thank You.
Tell you what, Matty boy. There’s a large section of viewers that ‘just evolved’ into not buying your movies. Let’s call it limiting wealth of dummies in ‘one fell swoop”.
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
Pound Sand.
” . . . ban guns ‘in one fell swoop’. . . “
Better idea: BAN MATT DAMON.
He’s being blackmailed by the cia and has done things (like nude male-male scenes in early auditions) to get to where he is. I’ve heard about it with other actors (one other) and I think is much more common than anyone realizes.
They show up at their hotel for a speaking engagemenet and there are notes for what to say.
>>If you call yourself Conservative, you should never watch another Damon movie ever again.<<
Consider it done.
“Ban Guns!” Matt Damon.
(Except of course in cool spy movies.)
... except for my private security detail.
Too bad, I liked the Bourne series. I will not be watching the new one, probably not even re-watching the old ones. The guy is an idiot on so many levels, should have just kept his ill-informed and ill-considered opinions to himself.
Did Matt give up his guns?
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