The Culture of Gun Violence
“Turn on the TV,” my friend Annie said. No hello -- it has to be something bad. “The Super Bowl.” At first I thought Las Vegas. But no, this must be Kansas City. A shooting. One woman dead. Twenty-two people shot. Eleven children. Here we go again. What could be more American? The schools were closed. A million people gathered to celebrate. And this.
Kids. Teenagers. A personal dispute turns…