"''Guns''" is a non-fiction

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written by American writer

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

on the issue of

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, published in 2013. He wrote it after the 2012

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, elaborating on why he let the novel '' Rage'' (1977) and '' The Bachman Books'' (1985), the omnibus in which ''Rage'' also appeared, go out of print. In the essay, King calls on gun owners to support a ban on assault weapons. On January 25, 2013, the essay was published as a

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, and on February 11, 2013, "Guns" was released as an

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narrated by Christian Rummel. King's official website states, "All profits from 'Guns' will benefit the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."

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