I always see Americans defending this by saying they aren't as bad as Central American countries or Africa like that's the comparison they should be making.
First world country with a developing country murder rate.
As I've said on Reddit before, the US is the most 3rd World 1st World Country by a long margin.
The poverty rates and the murder rates are bad, but the fact that there are some 3rd World Countries with better healthcare for its people is just ridiculously bad.
The Rich in the US want to stay rich while they make the poor stay poor. And yet every time something comes up to help the poor, the people who would be most affected by it say no because the other Political Party put it forward.
The whole Democrats and Republicans thing is half the problem. The other half is divided between Guns and the Wealthy. Relying on a amendment that was written over 200 years ago and taking it as the word of God is ridiculously bad. The Rights to own guns should never take precedence over the Rights of people trying to live their life.
School gets shot up; thoughts and prayers, don't take my guns. Concert gets shot up; thoughts and prayers, don't take my guns. People just enjoying themselves at a fair getting shot and killed; thought and fucking prayers, don't take my weapons of mass murder and shootings, I need them to protect myself from the government.
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u/Indercarnive Aug 05 '19
The rest of Europe is similar. The USA has a murder problem.