Actor Vince Vaughn Departs from PC Script, Spotlights Second Amendment Rights

By Justin Stakes

Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- Earlier this week, the British version of GQ magazine released part of an interview with actor Vince Vaughn that featured the movie and television star making a vigorous defense of the right to keep and bear arms.

While an American expressing appreciation for guns is usually not an especially remarkable event, the conviction that Vaughn displayed and his willingness to buck typical Hollywood dogma are indeed noteworthy.

“I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home,” Vaughn told the interviewer. “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.”

Anti-gun publications such as Rolling Stone, Salon, and a large swath of the British press issued criticisms of Vaughn’s remarks. The most ludicrous reaction, however, came from washed-up but still attention-seeking Geraldo Rivera, who said during an appearance on Fox News’ The Five program, “Doesn’t that …read more