“You’re One of Us Now”: Buying My First Gun & Becoming “American”

Man in hoodie and beanie sits on outdoor stairs with his head leaning against his hand.
Darnell Lamont Walker (Hunnus/Vinegar Hill Magazine)

Darnell Lamont Walker writes, “Buying my first gun felt like a collision of identity, fear, and history. Guns had always been distant, abstract symbols of something that didn’t belong to me, but rather to others  —  their way of navigating the world, not mine.”

Here’s why he did it anyway.

Read on in Vinegar Hill Magazine.