Hi gang Well known prolific mystery writer asked his publisher to take his book "Rage" off the shelves when he learned that 4 teenagers over a 10 year period had copycated part of the story taking guns to school and killed a total of six people. King was a teenager when he wrote the story under a different name. He is a democrat, has 3 hand guns, supports the 2nd amendment but is for stricter controls, against asssult weapons and high capacity clips. He expressed his views in a paid 25 page essay the money of which will go to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. He cited a case in 1996 of a 28 year old Martin Bryant shot and killed 35 people near Australia's Port Arthur, a popular tourist destinqation. As a result Australia banned and bought up automatic and semi automatic guns, destroying at least 600,000 in 12 months, about a third of privately owned guns. The number of gun homicides fell from 69 in 1996 to 30 in 2012 a decrease of 56.5 percent. Comrade Blumenthal agrees