BACK TO YOU, TODD AND CARLEY.
TAKES THANK
>> Todd: THANK YOU.
BRING IN SEAN DUFFY.
FOR THIS TOPIC, YOUR MOST
IMPORTANT TOPIC, FATHER OF NINE.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY’S SPEECH?
>> Sean: WE ALL LOVE OUR
CHILDREN, WE WANT OUR
COMMUNITIES TO BE SAFE, WE GET
THAT.
TO PULL HEART STRINGS AND SAY I
WANT ADDITIONAL GUN CONTROL
LAWS, WHAT McCONAUGHEY IS
SUGGESTING WILL NOT FIX THE
PROBLEM.
COME BACK FOR ROUND TWO, THREE
AND FOUR.
THEY WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THEY
TAKE AWAY AMERICA’S GUNS.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A
CHILD SO DETACHED THEY PICK UP A
GUN AND GO INTO A SCHOOL AND
SHOOT FOUR YEAR OLDS.
SOMETHING IS WRONG IN AMERICA,
FOCUS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AND
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
LET’S HAVE COMMON-SENSE SOLUTION
AND SAY, LOCK THE SCHOOLS, MAKE
SURE DOORS ARE LOCKD AND MAKE
SURE TEACHERS CAN’T OPEN THEM.
MAKE SURE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
TRAINED SO THEY DON’T STAND
OUTSIDE A DOOR FOR AN HOUR WHILE
LITTLE KIDS ARE DYING.
GOING AFTER GUN LAWS, IT IS NOT
A SOLUTION THAT WILL SAVE ANY
KIDS AND WILL JUST AFFECT LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO
BEAR ARMS AND WILL NOTWORK.
>> Carley: IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU
WOULD AGREE WITH HIM, HE SAID WE
NEED TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH,
MAKING SCHOOLS SAFER, STOP
SENSATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF
SHOOTER AND INSTILL FAMILY
VALUES, AMERICAN VALUES AND
TALKS ABOUT RESPONSIBLE GUN
OWNERSHIP THROUGH RESPONSIBLE
GUN OWNERSHIP, RAISING THE AGE
TO BUY SOME GUNS, THE LAST ONE
MIGHT BE TRICKY.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AS A
WHOLE?
>> Sean: DO YOU THINK JOE BIDEN
WILL SUPPORT THE ISSUES YOU
FIRST READ OFF?
WILL THEY SAY WE GOT TO WORK ON
FAMILY VALUES AND STRENGTHENING
THE FAMILY UNIT IN AMERICA AS
OPPOSED TO TRYING TO DESTROY IT?
YOU WILL NOT GET LEGISLATION ON
THAT.
YOU CAN DRINK AT 21, SAY YOU CAN
BUY A GUN AT 21, OKAY, LET’S
MOVE THE VOTING AGE TO 21.
TRY TO PROPOSE THAT TO ANY
DEMOCRAT TO MOVE THE VOTING AGE,
THEY WON’T GO FOR THAT.
THEY WANT THE AGE TO BE 16.
THIS BECOMES ABOUT POLITICS AND
YES, SOME THINGS I WOULD SAY,
YEAH, I AGREE WITH, THE GUN
CONTROL SIDE 100% I DON’T.
>> Todd: TO THE POLITICS OF ALL
THIS, I THINK YOU RAISE THAT
ISSUE AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE TO RAISE.
I UNDERSTAND MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY
IS AN ACTOR, TRAINED IN THE ART
OF PERSUADING PEOPLE THROUGH
SPEECH, I GET THAT.
BUT THE NATURE OF HIS SPEECH,
THE FACT HE WAS APPEALING TO US
AS AMERICANS TO COME TOGETHER TO
HONOR THE MEMORY OF THESE
VICTIMS, WHY CAN NOBODY IN
CONGRESS DELIVER SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, SPECIFICALLY WHY CAN’T THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
DELIVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A
SPEECH THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER
AS AMERICANS INSTEAD OF DIVIDING
US AS PARTISAN PLAYERS?
>> Sean: TODD, THAT IS A GOOD
POINT, THERE IS DIVISION RIGHT
NOW.
YOU CAN’T LEGISLATE
FATHERLESSNESS, YOU CAN’T
LEGISLATE GETTING KIDS OFF
SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENGAGE WITH
FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN
RELATIONSHIPS AND GETTING THEM
OUT OF THAT SPACE.
THOSE THINGS ARE AREN’T.
YOU CAN’T LEGISLATE THAT, YOU
WANT TO COME TOGETHER AS
AMERICANS, YOU TALK ABOUT
POLITICS OR HEALTH OF YOUR KIDS,
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO
IS RAISE THEM WELL AND BE
ENGAGEED WITH THEM, WATCH HOW
MUCH TIME THEY SPEND ONLINE OR
IN FRONT OF THEIR SCREENS TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONNECTING
WITH PEOPLE.
IF YOU ARE LONELY, DETACHED AND
DEPRESSED, BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
IT DOES.
WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AS
AMERICANS ON THOSE SOLUTIONS, IT
IS IMPLEMENTED AT THE FAMILY
LEVEL, MAKING SURE WE HAVE
VALUES.
BRING FAITH BACK IN, SGOD A GOOD
THING, WHEN YOU TAKE GOD OUT OF
EVERYTHING, WHAT IS LEFT?
NO MORALS, NO VALUES, NO CHURCH,
WHAT ARE KIDS LEARN SOMETHING
THERE IS EMPTINESS THERE.
>> Carley: YOU ARE RIGHT, BEING
AN ACTIVE PARENT WOULD SOLVE SO
MANY PROBLEMS.
I LOOK UP TO YOU AND RACHEL A
LOT, THAT IS WHAT YOU’RE DOING.