Jim Carrey: I Never Wanted to Take Your Guns Away

[Tx4obama]

I Never Wanted to Take Your Guns Away

I disagree wholeheartedly with those who say that there are just too many guns out there to control and that more gun laws won't make a difference. Change must start someplace. I'm pretty sure that no worthwhile endeavor has ever been accomplished without a beginning and reducing gun violence in America is a worthwhile endeavor.

These mass shootings and daily body counts on your local news are terrible tragedies. The utter devastation that must be endured by the victims' families is unfathomable. These horrific events are also an invitation for us to become more civilized and to deal with our addiction and entitlement to violence. Not to shut our eyes and ears and scream at those with a different opinion than ours to "fuck off and go back to Canada." I will gladly go back and visit Canada as I have many friends and loved ones there. I am so proud of that country and everything it's given to me, but I am also a naturalized American citizen and I have been bringing as much joy as I can to people in this country for 30 years. I care deeply about our future and I feel it's my duty as a citizen to do everything in my power to make this a better place.

For those who say I'm a hypocrite because I have an armed bodyguard, lets make one thing clear: No one in my employ is allowed to carry a large magazine and NO ONE IS ASKING ANYONE TO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, though it is in the vested interests of those who profit by gun sales to make it seem so. It's just the type of arms, the easy access and the means with which to cause massive devastation to good and innocent people that I hope we can limit. It's the quality of mercy, the tiniest spark of empathy that I know lives in every one of us that I wish to ignite in you.

And to the bullies who will try to marginalize and discredit me by saying, "Shut up, you're just an actor," while they brag about what a great president the ACTOR Ronald Reagan was, who threaten me with the demise of my acting career and much worse, I say SO BE IT! How shallow do they think I am? I would trade my money, my fame, my reputation and legacy if there were the slightest chance of preventing the anguish of another Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, or Sandy Hook Elementary School. I ask you, truly, what manner of human being would not?

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Full article/statement here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-carrey/the-quality-of-mercy-gun-control_b_3002001.html

A Good Read

[lastlib]

1. X-L-N-T!!

[Common Sense Party]

2. I only wanted to take away your vaccines!

Oh, I guess he's forgiven now. My bad.

[eShirl]

3. apples and oranges

focus

[awoke_in_2003]

6. GMO apple and oranges..

[Botany]

5. I am glad you have never made a mistake in your life

n/t

[Common Sense Party]

7. Oh, I've made mistakes.

I've never made a "mistake" that caused hundreds of thousands of children to go unprotected from diseases.

But, he's on the "right" side of the gun issue, so all is forgiven and forgotten. How convenient.

[Initech]

4. Bravo Jim!!!!!

[Llewlladdwr]

8. Why in the world does anyone care what an anti-vaxxer says or does?

Haven't he and the missus caused enough damage?

[Myrina]

11. First, Carrey & 'the missus' aren't together ...

("the missus"? WTF? Is this 1936?)

Second, must we be 100% 'with or against' someone's opinions?
Sounds very simple minded & Bush-like to me ("You're either with us or your against us!&quot


It's called nuance. Look it up sometime.

[Socal31]

9. There are a few people even on this board that are on the fringe, who do support confiscation.

I don't think speaking out about the NRA should put JC or anyone in that corner, just as anyone who appreciates the 2nd amendment and exercises the rights it affords does not automatically put them in the NRA corner.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

10. I've got newfound respect for Mr. Jim Carrey these days