Stephen King who earned the title of King of Horror after publishing novels like It, Pet Sematary, Carrie and The Shining, has asked for his latest book to go out of publication because of the controversy it generated. A high school student Charlie Decker, who after an incident that sent his chemistry teacher to the hospital and insulting the principal led to his expulsion, took a pistol from his locker and shot his Algebra teacher while holding his classmates hostage. Over the next two decades several number of shooting incidents took place at high schools across the US. On several of these occasions, the shooters said they had read Rage, with one even writing an essay on it. It was the Heath High School shooting of 1997 that led Rage being taken out of publication though.
On December 1, a 14-year-old Michael Carmel killed three students and injured five when he brought a shotgun and rifle into school. It was later discovered that he too had a copy of Rage in his locker. This led to King asking that the book go out of print in the US, due to concerns he had that the book was inspiring similar tragedies.
Discussing his inspiration for Rage, King has previously said that he drew upon his own frustrations and pains as a high school student.
The neptune Herald 
There was a copycat incident in Paris caused by the film “Natural Born Killers” which was a widely viewed film starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis. Director Oliver Stone was interviewed after the incident and said he cannot be responsible for life imitating art. Well what can he say? Apparently the Paris incident was not the only one that happened after the film. I honestly think it is time for a “think tank” to be set up about what I have come to describe as “shitty shooty movies” as we do not wish material to be circulated on a vast scale that gives people so much mental anguish and excitement that they go out and do the same. Penny Nair Price Writer/Artist/Qualified Lady 07724 431329
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