She expressed criticism of the American health system in an interview in May 2010 while at the Sydney Writers ' Festival in Australia , in which she said she was " exasperated with the way that medical matters were run in my country " and considers that she is taking " my life in my hands . Most of all I take my bank account in my hands because if I take a wrong turn on my bike and get run over by a taxi , I could lose everything I have . " She is a patron of UK population growth rate concern group Population Matters . She was interviewed on '' Newsnight '' on BBC Two the night of December 17 , 2012 , questioned about the issue of whether the United States should change gun control laws after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Lionel Shriver