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Vince Vaughn slammed for saying guns should be allowed in schools

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1 Jun, 2015 08:30 PM3 mins to read

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Vince Vaughn says school shootings wouldn't happen if guns were allowed in schools. Photo/Getty

Vince Vaughn says school shootings wouldn't happen if guns were allowed in schools. Photo/Getty

Vince Vaughn has been slammed for sharing his controversial view on guns in schools.

The Wedding Crashers star thinks allowing guns in schools will prevent mass shootings - but it is not a view that has gone down well.

On Twitter, some fans threatened to boycott his movies and TV shows over his stance.

In an interview with GQ magazine, Vaughn shared his beliefs, saying people who carry out shootings specifically target places of education as they know there are no guns there.

He said: "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 defenceless human beings ...

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"In all of our schools it is illegal to have guns on campus, so again and again these guys go and shoot up these ... schools because they know there are no guns there. They are monsters killing six-year-olds."

The 45-year-old actor - who says he supports "having a gun in public, full stop" - also insisted banning firearms would not remove criminality in its entirety.

He added to GQ: "You think the politicians that run my country and your country don't have guns in the schools their kids go to? They do.

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"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, drugs, booze ... It won't rid the world of criminality."

Twitter lit up with feedback to Vaughn's opinions.

Vince Vaughn on guns...wow. Is he really this stupid? http://t.co/u8M7JvCG1I

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 1, 2015

Vince Vaughn says banning guns is like banning forks.
I say Vince Vaughn on gun crime is like Micky Mouse on gang warfare

— Lily Bailey (@LilyBaileyUK) June 1, 2015

Vince Vaughn said in an interview we should allow guns in schools and I think it's outrageous people still interview Vince Vaughn.

— shauna (@goldengateblond) June 1, 2015

Well done Vince Vaughn on repelling me from every movie you're in my saying guns should be allowed in schools. What an uneducated loudmouth.

— Nikhil Sham (@NikhilSham) June 1, 2015

Meanwhile, Vince Vaughn wants to put guns in schools. (Sigh) and this before I've binge watched season 2 of True Detective? Thanks Vince.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 1, 2015

Vince Vaughn thinks people should carry guns in schools, but he also made “Couples Retreat,” so I don’t know that he has the best judgment.

— Spencer Robinson (@13spencer) June 1, 2015

- Bang! Showbiz

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