The Bulleted Country: Paul Auster's Dark Essay "Bloodbath Nation". Around 40,000 Americans die from gunshot wounds every year.
Americans have a 25 times higher chance of being shot than citizens of other advanced (?) countries. 82 percent of all gun deaths are committed by Americans. “It is America’s latest gift to the world,” writes Auster, “A psychopathic footnote to earlier miracles like the light bulb, jazz or the polio vaccine”