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Despite being heavily associated with firearms in his Westerns and cop movies, Eastwood has publicly endorsed gun control since at least 1973.

In the April 24, 1973, edition of the Washington Post, the star stated that " I'm for gun legislation myself.

I don't hunt.

" Two years later, in 1975, Eastwood told People magazine that he favors " gun control to some degree ".

About a year later, Eastwood remarked that " All guns should be registered.

I don't think legitimate gun owners would mind that kind of legislation.

Right now the furor against a gun law is by gun owners who are overreacting.

They're worried that all guns are going to be recalled.

It's impossible to take guns out of circulation, and that's why firearms should be registered and mail-order delivery of guns halted.

" In 1993, he noted that " I was always a backer " of the Brady Bill, with its federally mandated waiting period.

In 1995, Eastwood questioned the purpose of assault weapons.

Larry King wrote in the May 22, 1995, edition of USA Today, " My interview with Eastwood will air on ' Larry King Weekend ' ...

I asked him his thoughts on the NRA and gun control and he said that while people think of him as pro-gun, he has always been in favor of controls.

' Why would anyone need or want an assault weapon?

' he said.