Blurring lines between his identity as an actor and a politician, Vince Vaughn recently revealed his controversial views on gun rights and Edward Snowden to the world.
He made waves in a new interview with the British GQ, boldly stating his support for gun rights and for guns in schools, and even declaring, “Edward Snowden is a hero.”
The Wedding Crashers star even said that he believes guns should be allowed in schools.
“You think the politicians that run my country and your country don’t have guns in the schools their kids go to?” he told the British GQ. “They do.”
Vaughn also spoke positively of Snowden’s release of government information.
“I like what Snowden did. My idea of treason is that you sell secrets to the enemy. He gave information to the American people,” he told GQ.
This echoed other recent comments by actor, as reported by the College Fix.
“It wasn’t like he was selling it to make money from someone who had bad intentions for the nation. It was a wake-up call to all of us to find out just kind of how far they were going. I think he is a hero,” Vaughn said back in April.
“I think he is a very brave person who is very principled who took it upon himself to let the American people know. The fact that the government responded pretty strongly to it kind of lets you know maybe they see us more as an adversary than they would present.”
Though speaking out for the first time to such a wide audience, he has been an outspoken libertarian for some time.
He recently spoke at a Young Americans for Liberty conference at UCLA. He is also known to be personal friends with and a huge supporter of libertarian icon Ron Paul.
