Gun control is a contentious issue in the United States. Mass shootings provoke conversations about whether the country should have tighter gun laws, but nothing seems to change.
In a presidential election year, though, an issue like gun control is even more important. In Refinery29's Vote Your Values poll, conducted with ABC News, 11% of millennial women listed gun rights as the most important issue in this election out of topics polled.
Gun rights might be a controversial topic, but that hasn't stopped celebrities from sharing their opinions about it. Many celebrities have spoken out in support of tighter gun-control legislation. And, of those who support the right to bear arms, some still want heavier restrictions on gun sales and ownership. There are also a number of celebrities who have admitted they feel safer with guns in their homes — like Brad Pitt, for instance.
Click through to see what some of Hollywood's biggest names have said about the gun debate. We'll be updating this list with more celebrities' opinions, so be sure to check back as the election season continues.
Samantha Bee
"It turned out the organization that makes it easier to get a gun than Sudafed, makes it nearly impossible to acquire their giant dancing eagle," Bee said of the NRA during a segment of her TBS show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
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Vince Vaughn
"I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home," Vaughn told GQ in 2015. "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."
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Julianne Moore
"The Second Amendment protects the right of a United States citizen to bear arms," Moore wrote in an April 2016 issue of Lenny Letter. "But a gun is a machine. And if you choose to bear arms, you have a responsibility to bear them safely."
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Josh Gad
"I feel like I live in a bizarro world when I hear people denying the need for background checks," Gad tweeted in January. "WTF."
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Susan Sarandon
"How much more suffering & loss will it take before we better regulate the sale of arms in our country?" Sarandon tweeted in 2012. "Let @NRA know how you feel."
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Brad Pitt
"America is a country founded on guns. It's in our DNA. It's very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do," Pitt told The Daily Mail in 2012. "I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong."
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