Burroughs was not a model gun owner or user. In addition to drunkenly killing his wife he slept with several guns, a fact I gleaned from the excellent, Iggy Pop

Burroughs was not a model gun owner or user. In addition to drunkenly killing his wife he slept with several guns, a fact I gleaned from the excellent, Iggy Pop-narrated This American Life episode on Burroughs [0]. For what it’s worth I think killing Joan was an accident. By most accounts he loved her dearly. [0] https://www.thisamericanlife.org/546/burroughs-101 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/546/burroughs-101