Stephen King on Gun Control

Whats really funny, is that in his core Series, The Tower series, his main hero is.... A gunfighter! Revolvers and all!

Yes Americans have a pathological love of guns. And a pathological love of cars. Throw in our pathological love of motorcycles, and we are a dangerous people who are out to hurt ourselves. Maybe its because we have a pathological love of choice, and a pathological love of Freedom?

Don't worry, the thought police will be along shortly to fix these "Pathological" problems of ours.
 
Elephant Three is America's almost pathological love of freedom. I just wish to God that legislators were as eager to point out that this nation got its start by taking up arms against a tyrannical government, and then went on to promote and defend freedom across the globe. If we'd been stuck with nothing but socialism all this time, we wouldn't be the envy of the world. Instead, we would have had millions of our own citizens murdered just as has happened in the Soviet Union, Germany, China, and Cambodia.
 
News Flash: Hollywood liberal doesn't like guns.

Yawn. Why is this a story?

Now when someone connected to Hollywood gets out of the lemming's line and stands up for gun owners, that's a news story.
 
King lives in Maine, so I wouldn't call him a Hollywood liberal. Is he connected with Hollywood? Sure, through movies of his writings, but I'd say his connection with Hollywood is less than that of Charlton Heston and Ronald Reagan. So again, I wouldn't call him a Hollywood liberal. He's a Maine liberal.

Why is it a story? I agree; it shouldn't be. But it is. He's famous. He rich. He's a liberal. Whether they deserve it or not, those kinds of people get attention these days. Generally, rather than present a reasoned argument, those kinds of people basically say that those who disagree with them are idiots, thus stifling opposition before it can begin. And the lamestream media tends to come down hard on anyone who challenges a member of liberal royalty.

Fortunately, I don't think King's opinions carry much weight.
 
Seriously guys...I think most of you are making a mountain out of a mole hill on this one. While I admit his choice of words..."pathological love affair with guns"... was obvious sarcasm, he was merely pointing out the irony that MA is willing to ban "violent" video games that have no proven negative effects on people VS how easy it was for a mentally deranged person to purchase a gun. And that is a valid point, whether you like guns or not.
 
everyone has the right to be a social commentator. Thankfully, we also have the right not to listen to every person that wants to gripe about what pisses them off, but i guess you went ahead and read that whole thing anyways. Didn't ya. oops.
 
So what exactly is he wrong about? It is true that many of us Americans love our guns. We are on this forum and, I for one, do really enjoy my guns. It is a hobby and passion akin to the one I have for cars. I like to appreciate them as art and tinker with them as pieces of mechanical craftsmanship. So yes we do have a culture of love for guns. He described it as almost pathological and I think this isn't too far off. It may be an exaggeration, but it is a description that would never be debated if he were speaking of "America's almost pathological love of cars." Get what I'm saying?
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But couldn't he also have blamed "America's almost pathological love of gun control" for Virginia Tech? Wasn't the fact that no one in that building had the right to carry a factor in what happened?
 
Of course he'll talk about how it's not video games and that it's really about personal responsibility (cause his books and movies fall under the same category), but all of a sudden, when talking about guns, personal responsibility goes out the window???

I'm sure if someone slashed 10 people with a machete, he would say, "You can't blame video games, or my books...take some responsibility!" But as soon as the weapon is a gun, well I guess it's the government's fault for making guns "easy to get".

Pathetic
 
The story that I heard is that he is a recovering substance abuser and as everyone knows he has a very active imagination. My supposition is that he has very deep trust issues and, especially since his jogging accident may very well be scared to death of people in general and people controlling powerful machines in specific. As we all can gather from his writing the gun is symbolic of power, aggression and dominance; my conjecture is that this political stance comes from the same psychological imbalances and fears which inspire his best work. ;)
 
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