We have a high incarceration rate because we have a more diverse racial stock than other countries like China or Russia. Even many black commentators, albeit right wing ones, will affirm that.
And yea, we need to be armed because nowadays we can no longer trust our institutions to protect us. Look at how they’ve given up on crime in many cities like Baltimore, Memphis, San Francisco, etc.
No large-scale societal fix for America should even be think about being entertained. The only ideas that should be entertained are band-aids that aid the law abiding middle class. America is collapsing by the day and will be merely an extension of Latin America with more languages by 2040. The right thing to do is establish yourself in a well to do area where the commerce is.
your racism is showing.
why does uk with all their immigrants not have an issue with gun violence like USA.. homes are MUCH more expensive, so is gasoline....
If you REALLY think there is a difference in people based on race I feel sorry for you. suppose you think the world would be better if hilter did what he set out to do, right? thats what your saying is it not?
socio economic status coupled with easy access to guns poor education system is what separates USA from other countries. along with poor freedom score (15th freest country), meaning harder to actually attain monetary AND personal freedom than 15 other countries aswell. more guns per capita = more gun deaths per capita even compared to Mexico, pretty straight forward.. all for hunting guns, but more meat heads carry guns more accidents happen, more people play gangster and kill each other over dime bags, pretty easy to see.
IF more guns equaled less crime USA should be leading the charge for least crimes and criminals but of course thats not the case. believe me I know how easy it can happen, ive been mugged when was in middle school, I have had a gun to my head in my own bed in middle school, that was a cop at least, but they thought I had a weapon under my covers so were freaking out when I pulled covers over my head.. lol also when was 11 yo almost shot my foot off with a hammer shotgun when the hammer slipped off my thumb..
but your right, no easy answer, feds are unlikely to do anything meaningful, and would be hard to even if they tried as half the states would throw a fit.
why would you not want society to get better though? I mean thats literally the goal of civilized society is to continue to be better and for most of the western world that has been the case. better education is the key, Australia it worked, got rid of most guns handguns etc, now basically nil gun crimes. very few folks are born screwed up they want to kill people or commit crimes... I like the conservative view of single mothers being at least part of the issue in inner cities... keep families together and DRASTIC reduction in crime.. its part of why Sweden is so happy, huge social programs ensure family values, its CRAZY how much support and group activities for families Sweden has.. when you dont have to claw for every scrap of food and very unlikely for social mobility in USA is a huge part of crime in USA... the disparity in wealth I think does play a big part as for some reason MUCH poorer places have happier people and less crime. but this is put into the culture of cities in america. flaunt it even if you dont got it, vs farmers with more money then city folk and multi millions in land and equipment dont like to drive a new truck, nor park a new quad outside so the neighbours dont think ur a show off. very few people from that type of house end up doing violent crimes.
arming teachers or kids isn't going to save anyones life, growing up with that type of feeling that shit is going to pop off at any second leads to the very mental illness that causes mass shootings. prob part of the reason USA has such mental issues.
seems to me more guns doesn't prevent anyone from breaking and entering. folks seem to think if have a handgun they are going to pick someone off with an AK spraying bullets like there John wick. or fire there shotgun in the air like in the movies and the criminals scatter, a guy here did that and got shot.
anyway, back to the race thing, I do believe I would of been shot if I was another race of socio economic status.. but because middle-class and white they didn't shoot me, and they even said I was lucky as had seen me before from prior incident at my house.. was crazy though, if they weren't about to shoot they made it seem like they were lol seal team 6 shit. now imagine if that happened and I WAS armed or had handgun on my nightstand or they saw a gun cabinet.. cops are observant about that type of shit, and once they see that they shoot first ask questions later.
guns dont stop bad people, they just arm them... for every good guy who stops a crime with a gun, 1000 use it to commit a crime.... this comes from a guy who grew up walking out my back door as a child with a BB gun and 22, and I have harvested many many animals so very far from anti gun.. it just should be at least slightly harder than getting a car license IMO ESP when comes to handguns and automatic weapons.
end of the day the ONLY thing is societal change, more cops more jails doesn't solve anything, and places that it does are strict dictatorships and also have very different culture with more rules and even less freedom than USA.