Jim Carrey apologized Sunday night for offending gun owners in a Twitter post.

The 51-year-old actor came out against assault rifle owners in a February tweet, saying, "Any1 who would run out to buy an assault rifle after the Newtown massacre has very little left in their body or soul worth protecting."

The comment stirred up outrage among conservative groups, including Erin Brown of Red Alert Politics who wrote, "his careless remark is rooted in the shallow, parroted talking points so commonly espoused by liberal elites."

On Sunday, he apologized for the comment made in February.

"Asslt rifle fans,I do not agree wth u,nor do I fear u but I do love u," Carrey tweeted Sunday, "and I'm sorry tht in my outrage I called you names. That was wrong."

In a follow-up tweet Carrey elaborated on why he shouldn't have said what he said, though he admitted that his position was the same.

"Btw I don't need a crisis mgr, just a conscience," he tweeted. "Calling ppl names is inappropriate but my position on assault weapons hasn't changed."

Carrey had also come out against the violence used in his new movie Kick-Ass 2. He tweeted on June 23 that the Sandy Hook massacre in Newton, Conn., in December was enough to change his mind about gun violence. He tweeted, "now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence," but further explained that he wasn't ashamed of the film.

Mark Millar, who created the Kick-Ass comic book franchise on which the films are based, voiced his confusion at Carrey's statements.

"As you may know, Jim is a passionate advocate of gun-control and I respect both his politics and his opinion, but I'm baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn't in the screenplay eighteen months ago," Millar wrote June 23 on his website. "Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin."

Kick-Ass 2 is set to be released in theaters Aug. 16. Watch a trailer for the film here:

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