'Sure I believe in the right to bear arms, as guaranteed under the Second Amendment of the American constitution,' explains 64-year-old Kurt Russell, Hollywood A-lister and long-term partner of Goldie Hawn. 

He is not ranting or raving in his luxurious hotel suite in the West End of London. Far from it. 

This dapper and urbane man is sitting one leg crossed over the other, dressed immaculately and smiling serenely. 

'This is what people need to understand,' he continues when asked about gun reform after the most recent school shootings in the States and the terrorist attack in San Bernardino that left 14 dead and 22 injured. 

'Now is not a good time to lay down your weapons – how will you protect yourself?

'I am a libertarian, a hardcore one, and of course I have guns. I shoot things with them. I hunt game.'