Out of the Closet: Hollywood ❤s Guns. Sort of.

Once I became a gun owner and received the training I needed to carry and use it responsibly, mine eyes were opened to the bi-polar attitude Hollywood has regarding guns. Perfectly willing to exploit guns in movies and on TV for ratings, most of Hollyweird has this love-hate thang goin’, where they despise and deplore guns in real life. Apparently, in their book the only good gun is a blank gun.

But something interesting’s happening lately. A growing number of celebs are beginning to find their voices, speaking out as Conservatives, and…wait for it…pro-gun advocates. I thought it might be interesting to scour the web for lists of current denizens of MovieTown and see which ones are willing to be identified as gun-friendly. (Note: Charlton Heston would be at the head of the list, but we’re talking here only about the living.) Here’s a partial list . . .

• Donald P. Bellisario – producer/director
• Ned Beatty – actor
• Josh Brolin – actor
• Dave Butz – former Washington Redskins All-Pro athlete
• Candace Cameron – actress
• Robert Carradine – actor
• Joanna Cassidy – actress
• Carol Connors – composer
• Christian Conrad – actor
• Robert Conrad – actor
• Jesse D’Angelo – actor/musician
• James Darren – actor
• Kim Delaney – actress
• Leslie Easterbrook – actress
• Erik Estrada – actor
• John Fasano – screenwriter
• Tom Selleck – actor
• Ted Nugent – musician
• Tim Abell – actor
• Jay Bernstein – executive producer
• Kelly Bovino – actor
• Ruth Buzzi – actor
• Stephen Cannell – producer
• Mark Carlton – actor
• Robert Carradine – actor/producer
• Lee Debroux – actor
• Johnny Di Santi – actor
• Michael Dudikoff – actor
• Leslie Easterbrook – actor
• Richard Edlund – Academy Award-winning special effects wizard
• Dennis Farina – actor
• Lou Ferrigno – body-builder/actor
• Dennis Franz – actor
• Robert Fuller – actor
• John Clark Gable – actor
• Richard Gilliland – actor
• Erin Gray – actor
• Michael Gregory – actor,
• Vincent Guastaferro – actor
• Richard C. Hacker – screenwriter
• Tom Hallick – actor
• Frasier Heston – actor
• Richard Hissong – cinematographer
• Lee Horsley – actor
• Steve Kanaly – actor
• Patrick Kilpatrick – actor
• T.J. Klay – musician
• Martin Kove – actor
• Ed LaPorta – production design
• John Laughlin – actor
• John Phillip Law – actor
• Thyme Lewis – actor,
• Anne Lockhart – actor
• Heather Lowe – actor
• A.C. Lyles – actor/producer
• Joe Mantegna – Emmy and Tony award-winning actor
• Ron Masak – actor
• Jerry Mathers – actor
• John Milius – director/writer
• D.W. Moffitt – actor
• Roger E. Mosley – actor
• Charles Napier – actor
• Paul Pape – actor, producer
• Jim Parish – actor
• Roy “Dusty” Rogers, jr. – musician
• Francine Sama – musician/actor
• Debralee Scott – actor
• Peter Sherakyo – actor/ armorer
• Jim Starr – athlete/actor
• Frank Stallone – musician/actor
• Chuck Stapel – custom knife maker
• John Strong – actor
• James Swan – writer/actor
• Marshall Teague – actor
• Lindy Teague – model
• Gary Wood – actor

Wow. The list is a lot longer than I’d have expected. And it’s far from complete. Okay – here’s the deal. If you know of someone left off the list (or someone who doesn’t belong) write us. And let’s see where this goes.