Author Stephen King has sparked outrage after posting a comment about the Donald Trump shooting on Saturday.
Alluding to the weapon used in the incident, King posted: “An AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle was used in the Butler shooting. These are the guns the Republican party—and Trump—want to protect.”
Immediately, the author’s post was inundated with responses.
One user commented: “For a fiction writer, Stephen King knows little about this subject. Stay your fictional lane.”
The post has already been viewed almost half a million times.
An AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle was used in the Butler shooting. These are the guns the Republican party—and Trump—want to protect.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) July 14, 2024
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