British people think they know America – but the gun control debate shows how little we do | Suzanne Moore

I went to live in the US because it seemed to offer everything I knew and more. But attitudes to weapons made me realise how different our cultures areWhen I first went to my friend Sherry’s house for dinner, I couldn’t help noticing tiny holes all over the white kitchen cupboards. She was a new friend, my only friend, actually, as I had just moved to Miami.Her mother came in and saw me looking and said: “That’s where Shane shot himself up.” Shane was Sherry’s cousin. Her mother was mostly annoyed that he had used Sherry’s dad’s gun. Whether this was an accident or a suicide I was too polite to ask. He was 16. Continue reading…

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