In an interview designed to promote Tarantino’s book, “Cinema Speculation,” reporter Jacinto Antón asked Tarantino about a number of different topics, including his personal thoughts regarding private gun ownership in America. That question prompted a rather ambiguous reply from Tarantino. “There are always two sides,” Tarantino initially responded. “We certainly don’t need as many automatic weapons as there are. There should be better laws.”

But then Tarantino made an admission that seemed to surprise Antón. “I do have a gun at home,” Tarantino stated, clarifying moments later that the gun is “for protection.”

[Almost no one has automatic weapons. They have SEMI-automatic weapons, which are much different. Unless Tarantino only has a revolver, he’s got one too — and it fires like a revolver does, one round for every time the trigger is pulled. He’s both a hypocrite and ignorant. — Ed]