Hollywood celebrities love preaching about gun control while surrounded by armed security.
But real country stars live differently.
And Miranda Lambert revealed one new addiction that left Joe Rogan speechless.
Lambert embraces her inner Wild West cowgirl
Miranda Lambert sat down with Joe Rogan on his podcast and dropped a bombshell about her latest obsession.
The 41-year-old country star admitted she's completely hooked on mounted shooting—a sport that combines horseback riding with firearms in a way that would make Annie Oakley proud.
"I just started last year. I'm not good at all, but I love it," Lambert told Rogan.¹
Her friend Ken Shane, a 10-time world champion mounted shooter, introduced her to the sport.
But Lambert hesitated to take the plunge until her husband, retired NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin, pushed her to stop talking and start doing.
"Finally my husband was like, 'Stop talking about it, and go out there and do it. Go out there and shoot with her. You're gonna love it,'" Lambert explained.¹
The "Tin Man" singer didn't hold back about how quickly the sport consumed her.
"And I got addicted immediately. It's just like something different," she said.¹
Rogan looked stunned as Lambert described the Wild West sport.
He called it "very Wild West" and joked that practicing mounted shooting is "essentially training how to fight with a gun on a horse."¹
Lambert represents everything Hollywood hates
Lambert's fearless embrace of firearms and traditional Western culture represents everything coastal elites despise about real America.
While Hollywood celebrities lecture working Americans about gun control, Lambert is out there mastering a sport that celebrates Second Amendment freedoms and equestrian tradition.
The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association was founded in the mid-1990s and has exploded into one of the fastest-growing equestrian sports in America.¹
That growth terrifies the Left because it shows Americans aren't buying their anti-gun propaganda.
Riders gallop through intricate patterns, shooting at balloon targets while maintaining control of their horses at breakneck speeds.
Points get deducted for missing balloons, dropping guns, or veering off course.
Championship-level riders complete courses in under 10 seconds.
The sport demands an athletic horse that won't spook at gunfire, a steady hand for accuracy, and split-second timing to navigate the patterns.
This isn't some casual hobby for weekend warriors.
Lambert bought a horse specifically for mounted shooting—a patient gelding named Cool who she calls "one of the sweetest horses I've ever met."²
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She started practicing in early 2024 after turning 40, viewing the new decade as a chance to push herself physically and mentally.
"I turned 40 in November and I'm ready for a decade of pushing myself to be better and bolder both personally and professionally," Lambert said when announcing her new hobby.²
Most 40-year-olds in Hollywood are getting Botox and complaining about climate change.
Lambert decided to learn how to shoot revolvers from horseback instead.
Lambert's law enforcement family shaped her shooting background
Lambert grew up around firearms thanks to her family's deep law enforcement roots.
Her father is a retired police officer from Lindale, Texas.
McLoughlin comes from a family where "his whole family is police officers," Lambert explained to Rogan.¹
She even joked about how both her dad and husband developed hearing loss from years of exposure to gunfire.
"My dad was a police officer, and he's, I swear that's why my parents are still married, because he can't hear at all. And the dog ate his hearing aid, and he never replaced it. And I'm like, 'Is that on purpose, dad?'" Lambert laughed.¹
The country star said her upbringing in Texas wasn't much different from McLoughlin's childhood in Staten Island, New York.
"My whole family is firemen and police officers too, so I can't. I think that was kind of our bond anyway. It's just kind of, we grew up exactly the same. Yeah. Just in different parts of the country," Lambert said.¹
The couple now splits their time between Nashville and Texas, with Lambert dragging her New York City-born husband deeper into cowboy country.
"I drug him down to Tennessee and now Texas. And now he says y'all," she joked.¹
Lambert sees mounted shooting as a mental escape from the constant grind of the music industry.
"It's just try to like preoccupy my mind and, and I don't know, I think it inspires me to, like, take a break from thinking about what I think about every single day, which is music industry, you know?" Lambert explained.¹
The sport requires total concentration, forcing her to disconnect from career pressures and focus entirely on the present moment.
She's been documenting her progress on social media, sharing videos of practice runs and competition attempts.
Country stars standing up for real American values
Lambert's commitment to this sport matters because it shows there are still celebrities willing to celebrate the traditions coastal elites want to erase.
Gun control advocates want Americans to fear firearms and view shooting sports as dangerous relics of a bygone era.
Lambert just spent a year proving them wrong by mastering one of the most demanding shooting sports in existence.
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She's not apologizing for owning guns, training with firearms, or celebrating Western heritage.
That's exactly the kind of backbone Americans need to see from public figures.
While Hollywood starlets post anti-gun screeds on social media, Lambert is out there with her law enforcement family doing what real Americans have done for generations—safely and responsibly exercising their Second Amendment rights.
Her New York City-born husband didn't run from rural traditions.
He embraced them, moving to Texas and Tennessee and learning to say "y'all."
That's called assimilation to American values, not the other way around.
Lambert isn't content to rest on her country music success.
At 41, she's charging into new territory that celebrates everything the Left despises about traditional America—firearms, Western culture, self-reliance, and the pioneering spirit that built this country.
And based on how quickly she got hooked, this won't be a passing phase.
¹ Lori Bashian, "Miranda Lambert says she's 'addicted' to shooting guns on horseback in new Wild West hobby," Fox News, October 30, 2025.
² Maggie Horton, "Miranda Lambert Picks Up a 'Cool' New Hobby and Family Member," Country Living, March 16, 2024.
