AN-SOFIE KESTELEYN, BELGIUM
USA: MY FIRST RIFLE
Meet Abby, Lily and Benjamin. They pose next to dolls or in front of pink wallpapers. They are six, seven or eight years old – and they are holding a gun. They write that they are afraid of bears, sharks and dinosaurs. But that’s probably not the reason why their parents gave them their first gun with live ammunition: America’s deadly obsession with guns is as strong as ever.
In 2013, for example, a five-year-old boy in Kentucky shot dead his two-year-old sister with the gun he was given as a present. It is not the only accident of this kind in the land of the ‘National Rifle Association’, although it might be the most shocking one. The .22-calibre guns for kids come in candy colors, are lightweight and adapted to the anatomy of a child.

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Curriculum Vitae: An-Sofie Kesteleyn (Freelancer)
