--- title: Vince Vaughn Talks Guns in British GQ description: Vince Vaughn, who appears in the upcoming second season of True Detective, talked about his stance on guns in an interview with British GQ. canonical: https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/ author: Esther Zuckerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-01T19:49:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:04.630Z og:title: Vince Vaughn Says Banning Guns 'Like Banning Forks' og:description: The 'True Detective' star shared his thoughts in British 'GQ' og:url: https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5477dff9a6e3e7b5/69885277f887dc4827e90b77/gettyimages-465253698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2203 og:image:height: 1239 og:image:alt: GettyImages-465253698 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vince Vaughn Says Banning Guns 'Like Banning Forks' twitter:description: The 'True Detective' star shared his thoughts in British 'GQ' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5477dff9a6e3e7b5/69885277f887dc4827e90b77/gettyimages-465253698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vince Vaughn: Banning Guns Is 'Like Banning Forks' > Sponsored content. 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True Detective Teaser Trailer_ by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. Jun 1, 2015 7:49 PM UTC  JOCE/Bauer-Griffin by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. Jun 1, 2015 7:49 PM UTC Vince Vaughn, who is starring in the upcoming second season of _True Detective_, talked about his stance on guns in [an interview with British _GQ_](http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2015-05/29/vince-vaughn-covers-july-issue-british-gq), explaining that he “support\[s\] people having a gun in public full stop” and believes guns should be permitted in schools. Vaughn told the magazine: “We don’t have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government.” Vaughn added: --- > “” --- Vaughn said, “of course” in regards to “whether guns should be allowed in schools” and used the analogy: “Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat.” Texas lawmakers voted on a bill Monday that would allow guns on the state’s public college campuses. The governor is expected to sign it into law. In a February [interview](http://www.playboy.com/articles/playboy-interview-vince-vaughn) with _Playboy_ Vaughn discussed his politics, which he described as “libertarian,” and his own gun ownership. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/"},"headline":"Vince Vaughn: Banning Guns Is 'Like Banning Forks'","datePublished":"2015-06-01T19:49:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:03:04.630Z","description":"The True Detective star shared his thoughts in British GQ","url":"https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Gun Control","Guns","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5477dff9a6e3e7b5/69885277f887dc4827e90b77/gettyimages-465253698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5477dff9a6e3e7b5/69885277f887dc4827e90b77/gettyimages-465253698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-465253698","caption":"","creditText":"JOCE/Bauer-Griffin","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/","name":"Vince Vaughn: Banning Guns Is 'Like Banning Forks'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"True Detective Teaser Trailer","description":"True Detective Teaser Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9A5cHUDE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:52:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9A5cHUDE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3903412/vince-vaughn-guns-true-detective/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```