- Gun owner Stephen King adds voice to gun-control debate, writing a 25 page Kindle book essay - He calls on gun owners to support a ban on semiautomatic weapons and other gun-control measures in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/01/25/stephen-king-guns/1864335/ 970 comments politics