Gary Lee Miller: America’s changing gun culture

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Gary Lee Miller, of Montpelier, a writer and teacher who is creative director of Writer for Recovery, which provides writing workshops for people recovering from addiction.
I shot my first gun at age 5. It was my dad’s .22 Marlin lever action rifle, and I used it to plink soda cans at our family camp in Pennsylvania. I hunted as soon as I was legally able in that state, at age 12. I asked for and received a Winchester Model 94 30-30 for my 16th bi