Why is the US such a violent place?

[Drunkeneggnog494]

I think the fact that one of the political parties is financed by the gun lobby which needs crime in order to make a profit, pays a large part. If criminals didn't have guns, and homeowners weren't afraid of criminals with guns, there would be fewer guns sold. Gun companies pay a lot of money to Republicans to make sure that the crime rate stays high.

Funding education and after school programs have been proven to reduce crime.

Reducing the available of guns to criminals has been proven to reduce crime.

Putting more police on the streets, boosting the economy and the minimum wage, have been shown to reduce crime.

Welfare has been shown to reduce crime.

All sorts of social programs have been shown to reduce crime.

Abortion and birth control have been shown to reduce crime.

Isn't it interesting that the political party financed by the gun lobby comes down on the "more crime" side of each of these issues?

[mrs_r_wilkins]

because in North America, the punishments, or sentences are not hard enough for people to care if they get caught. Some people are bad on purpose because they WANT to be in jail. Reall though, it is not that bad. You just do not hear what other countries are like because you do not live in them. In many countries, the religions are constantly at battle, even to killing Christians, and killing other proclaimed Muslims because they do not believe the same as your own sect. Then there is the issues with having one child per family in China, where all sorts of shameful acts take place...then there are other issues in other countries, like forced religion. There are places where the "police" are the ones raping the women...some places are okay with having more than one wife, and if you dont beat her and the kids, you are thought to be strange. It is because of family value that fights last for years and years in other countries. The people would own guns if they could afford to...but often have a hard time paying rent and getting food enough for the day. The classes in society are so intense that people do not even speak to each other from different ones. Some places take all rghtd of women away.

i would say the reason why us is violent is because the law is too relaxed, we have more time, more money, and freedom. with freedoms, people use it and abuse it, always. where ever you go, there will always be lack of fairness. Life is not fair. you could blame this on education, that teaches to be fair, then you get to the real world where it is not fair and people are hurt because they were lied to and that was not fair.

[Jericho S]

I think people who think like you have a higher chance at adding to the violence in the United States than Guns (which we are not allowed to have despite what our constitution says), ethnic make-up, lack of socialism (which we have too much of), holy rolling Christianity, abundant Capitalism, Ethnicity, Divorce, Single Parents and Pornography.