Re:Happy 4th of July
by jollybean on Monday July 04, 2022 @06:55PM
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The 'unsafe feeling' you have is a function of bigotry and misinformation.
Small town America is very safe.
If you take away the 50 most violent 'urban hot zones' in the US, national crime rates actually start to look like something a bit more normal.
Suburbs, exurbs, small towns and rural areas are about the same level of gun violence, which is less than urban areas, that said, the more 'remote' people are, the more likely they are to use guns to commit suicide.
Small town America is very safe.
If you take away the 50 most violent 'urban hot zones' in the US, national crime rates actually start to look like something a bit more normal.
Suburbs, exurbs, small towns and rural areas are about the same level of gun violence, which is less than urban areas, that said, the more 'remote' people are, the more likely they are to use guns to commit suicide.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448529/