Steven Seagal’s comments that mass shootings in the United States are “engineered” resurfaced online Friday.

“I believe in the Second Amendment and the constitution, more than anything in the world,” the 63-year-old action star explained in a 2014 interview with a Russian television station. “The right to bear arms wasn’t just to protect people from foreign invaders, it was to protect them against evil governments and anyone that would violate their inherent rights as a human being. So, I believe in the Second Amendment and I believe, I hate to say this, a lot of these mass murders and all this funny stuff that’s going on, I believe a lot of this is engineered.”

Seagal added that he feels Hollywood is not responsible for the glorification of guns in our culture.

“The more important thing we need to look at here is mental health,” he said. “Because there are mentally insane people in every country. God knows we have our share in America … I think statistically it’s proven that — in Japan for example where they have the most violent movies on Earth, they have almost zero crime.”

He also pointed the finger at poor parenting and the country’s economy.

“My opinion is that the economy is so bad in America and the common people are spending every waking moment just trying to survive to the point where many of them feel like they don’t even have the luxury to spend time with their children. It’s about survival now.”