Actor and self-described Libertarian Vince Vaughn has stated in an interview for an upcoming British GQ magazine that in his view, no public place is off-limits to carry a gun and if schools and other establishments dropped their gun-free zone policies, there would be a dramatic decrease in mass shootings.
When asked if guns should be allowed in schools, Vaughn said:
Of course. You think the politicians that run my country and your country don't have guns in the schools their kids go to? They do. And we should be allowed the same rights. Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat. Taking away guns, taking away drugs, the booze, it won't rid the world of criminality.
This latest jab against gun control advocates is more of the same from this outspoken Hollywood A-lister who regularly punches back at big government ideas. Vaughn said the very reason the Second Amendment exists is "to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government." He added, "It's not about duck hunting; it's about the ability of the individual." Here is his full statement:
I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home. 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. It's not about duck hunting; it's about the ability of the individual. It's the same reason we have freedom of speech. It's well known that the greatest defense against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back. All these gun shootings that have gone down in America since 1950, only one or maybe two have happened in non-gun-free zones. Take mass shootings. They've only happened in places that don't allow guns. These people are sick in the head and are going to kill innocent people. They are looking to slaughter defenseless 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.
In the interview, Vaughn even praised Edward Snowden as "a hero" for taking the information and giving it to the American people instead of selling those secrets in the name of "money or dogmas." He argued that the endless laws written by the federal government do nothing to stop crime, but only causes "a staggering loss of freedom for the individual." Whether it's the drug war, or prison overcrowding, Vaughn says the corruption "goes all the way to the top."
