“American gun use is out of control. Shouldn’t the world intervene? The death toll from firearms in the US suggests that the country is gripped by civil war.” This was the headline of an article authored by Henry Porter, in The Observer, from September 2013. Mr Porter is a writer and journalist specializing in liberty and civil rights, he is also the London editor of Vanity Fair magazine. Make sure you do not miss the next edition of Life Elsewhere and Norman B’s interview with the author of a much-needed and controversial opinion on gun use in America.