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, 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:
Take mass shootings. These people are sick in the head and are going to kill innocent people. They are looking to slaughter defenceless human beings. They do not want confrontation. In all of our schools it is illegal to have guns on campus, so again and again these guys go and shoot up these f***ing schools because they know there are no guns there. They are monsters killing six-year-olds.
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 with Playboy Vaughn discussed his politics, which he described as “libertarian,” and his own gun ownership.
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