Old speech of Matthew McConaughey on gun reform resurfaces

And we want gun laws that won't make it so easy for the bad guys to get these damn guns so we know it's on the table. We need to invest in mental health care. We need to save for schools. We need to restrain sensationalized media coverage. We need to restore our family values. We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership. Responsible gun ownership. We need background checks. We need to raise the minimum age to purchase an AR15 rifle to 21. We need a waiting period for those rifles. We need red flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them. These are reasonable, practical, tactical regulations to our nation, states, community, schools and homes. Responsible gun owners are fed up with the Second Amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals. These regulations are not a step back, they're step forward for a civil society and and the 2nd amendment. Look at this cure all. Hell no. But people are hurting, families are, parents are, and look is is is as divided as our country is. This gun responsibility issue is one that we agree on more than we don't. It really is. But this should be a non partisan issue. This should not be a partisan issue. There is not a Democratic or Republican value in one single act of these shooters. It's not. But people in power have failed to act. So we're asking you, and I'm asking you. Will you please ask yourselves, can both sides rise above? Can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life preservation problem on our hands? So we got a chance right now to reach for and to grasp a higher ground above our political affiliations. A chance to make a choice that does more than protect your party. A chance to make a choice that protects our country now and for the next generation. We got to take a sober, humble and honest look in the mirror and rebrand ourselves based on what we truly value. What we truly value, we got to get some real courage and honor our immortal obligations instead of our party affiliations. Enough with the counter punching. Enough of the invalidation of the other side. It's come to the common table that represents the American people. Find a middle ground. The place where most of us Americans live anyway, especially on this issue. Because I promise you, America, you and me, who we are not as divided as we were being told we are.