Making millions off movies that glorify gun culture and fantasized violence while telling people that their guns are bad is an interesting stance to take, Matt Damon.
From The Daily Mail:
Matt Damon will return to the big screen as trained assassin Jason Bourne later this month, and while promoting the new film in Australia over the weekend called for a ban on guns in the United States.
You gonna personally fix this shithole of a country Matt Damon? You gonna teach all us ignorant hicks better? Are you?
In an interview with a reporter from the Sydney Morning Herald, Damon said: ‘You guys did it here in one fell swoop 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. We just can’t.’
Wow. It’s almost like having a whole country of heavily armed people that are statistically dumber than most of the first world because our public education system is a joke is a problem or something.
Damon made these comments at the red carpet premiere of the new Bourne movie, a film series in which he has killed at least 10 people with a firearm.
Does he gain or lose points for irony though? Either way, after that last mass shooting in Australia in the 90’s, they put restrictions on guns. Guess what hasn’t happened in Australia since?
Damon noted that in his interview, saying: ‘It’s wonderful what Australia did because you guys haven’t had a mass shooting since you went, “No, we’re going to be sensible about this.” And nobody’s rights have been infringed, you guys are fine.’
He then added: ‘I wish we could be sensible like that but I don’t think that’s going to happen in my lifetime.’
Nope. It’s not. You right, Matt Damon. You right.
America, land of the free… to kill each other. Everything else costs money though.