Literary Hub@lithub"Americans are twenty-five times more likely to be shot than their counterparts in other wealthy, so-called advanced countries." Paul Auster on the normalization of gun culture.lithub.comPaul Auster: Why Is America the Most Violent Country in the Western World?In 1970, I began a six-month stint in the merchant marine, employed as an ordinary seaman on an Esso oil tanker, and it was aboard that ship that I first came into contact with men who had grown up…6:30 PM · Jan 18, 2023·5,456 Views1 Retweet1 Quote Tweet16 Likes