While it does not take much effort to find a Hollywood star or popular singer complain about Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms, there are plenty of celebrities who proudly pack heat and work to ensure that freedom is preserved for future generations. Below are a few that surprised us the most.

James Earl Jones

Renowned screen and voice actor James Earl Jones has been an advocate for gun rights and, at least at the time of his 2004 autobiography, was a card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association.

He made it clear, however, that his support of the Second Amendment does not make him an ideologue.

“When it comes to the right-wing politics of the NRA,” he said, “I don’t get into that. I just believe in my right to have a gun in my house.”

Johnny Depp

The star of popular films including Edward Scissorhands and the Pirates of the Caribbean series is also a fan of the shooting sports.

In a 2009 interview, Johnny Depp recalled fondly firing a variety of guns as a youth.

“We would just go out and line up a bunch of cans and shoot with rifles, handguns and at times, submachine guns,” he said. “When I was a kid it was a controlled atmosphere, we weren’t shooting at humans; we were shooting at cans and bottles mostly.”

He affirmed the experience is one he wants to share with his own children.

“I will most certainly take my kids out for target practice,” he said.

Kurt Russell

Shortly after the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., actor Kurt Russell explained why he believes efforts to disarm Americans is foolish.

“Now is not a good time to lay down your weapons,” he opined. “How will you protect yourself?”

The self-described “hardcore” libertarian went on to assert that gun control is an inherently flawed concept.

Referring to a previous dust-up he and an anti-gun reporter engaged in just prior to the interview, Russell said: “I just didn’t get where he was going saying that gun control was a magic wand of fixing the situation with terrorism. That isn’t going to stop them from what they want to do.”

Ice-T

Though it might not be shocking to hear a gangsta rapper speak fondly of his firearms, Ice-T has expressed some thought-provoking insight on a topic he thinks should be important to all Americans.

The rapper-turned-actor said in an interview with British media that he believes the nation’s founders included the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights for a very specific reason.

“The right to bear arms is because that’s the last form of defense against tyranny,” he said. “– not to hunt. It’s to protect yourself from the police.”

Kid Rock

Eclectic entertainer Kid Rock is outspoken on a number of controversial topics — not the least of which is his stance on guns.

“I’m always buying more guns,” the Republican rocker announced in a 2015 interview with The Guardian.

Referring to his ever-widening collection, he said that he currently has “everything from a Civil War cannon to an MP5 machine gun and old police guns.”

Vince Vaughn

Echoing Ice-T’s assessment of the Second Amendment, comedic actor Vince Vaughn revealed in a 2015 interview with GQ that he is in favor of unfettered access to guns as provided in the Bill of Rights.

“We don’t have the right to bear arms because of burglars,” he insisted. “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.”

Taking his point further, Vaughn noted that most of the nation’s most deadly shootings had one thing in common.

“They’ve only happened in places that don’t allow guns,” he said. “These people are sick in the head and are going to kill innocent people.” (For more from the author of “Here Are the Celebrities — Including More Than a Few Liberals — Who Aren’t Ashamed to Pack Heat” please click HERE)

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