Imagine if instead, a scene mentioned a child coming home and talking to his father who was in the middle of disassembling and cleaning his gun at the kitchen t

Imagine if instead, a scene mentioned a child coming home and talking to his father who was in the middle of disassembling and cleaning his gun at the kitchen table. For many Americans this would be completely normal, but many Euros would think that was "bad parenting". As others have said, it seems like the editor was suggesting that Americans may view the scene differently than the writer may have intended, and was pointing out the fact to the author so they would be aware. Also it's hard to know without further context, but if the Euro was writing a story that would be set in America, that scene would seen somewhat odd to most Americans as mid-day drinking is not all that common, especially mid-week or without an explicit reason, like a birthday or some sort of celebration.