@Nimbus That’s probably what I would have guessed but actually they say it’s Japan, followed by China.

@OlderSometimesWiser Surprising!

@MarineBob I read about that, it's immense :(

@MarineBob And ironically the U.S. holds the largest reserves of gold in the world.

@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays

Hey, you got one right. Congrats. 🤭

But I was astonished to learn that Canada has no gold reserves at all. Zilch. 😲

https://www.gold.org/goldhub/data/gold-reserves-by-country

@AbbeyRhode What do you imagine was the source of your non indigenous population? The people you're talking about were your ancestors and you have their DNA.

@nedkelly It's extremely complex, I know that.

@Nimbus A constitution that lets convicted fraudsters and other criminals become head of state and gives them virtually unlimited dictatorial powers.

Other countries suffer similar situations at the hands of despots but they don't enshrine them in their official political system.

@Nimbus Yes, I could've seen me with a nice Church going Southern woman if I'd have still been in NC 😌🤭

@BritishFailedAesthetic Really?
I hope the Mrs isn't a SW member reading this 😆

@Nimbus Nope. Otherwise 🏃💨

@Nanori Peanuts? ;)

@Nanori Hyperlexia. Please insert another coin.

@Picklebobble2 Another good list :)

@Nanori I hear that a lot 😂

@LilPrincess I can assure you that they're nowhere close to ranking first on that metric

@YourFriend4ever True :)

@YourFriend4ever I doubt the US has more indians than India.

@Anniedlr the overwhelming majority of legal gun owners are responsible citizens .

@Anniedlr Yes most of us are willing and able to defend ourselves, our families and others.

@Adogslife Individual freedoms? Like what?

@Jokersswild Higher education, meaning the number of schools to choose from. The average American isn’t smarter. I’d imagine many nations rank better educationally than the US.

@Jokersswild Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, right to petition…

@Adogslife There's nothing factual about it. It's all judgemental opinion and speculation about the course of future events.

Am I 'a victim too', you ask - of what? And of what are you 'too' a victim? Do you have anything factual, physical and specific to whine about?

@doong hardly. You still embrace war and think you're free to reject democracy. Old fashioned.

@Convivial Good for you, and us.

@Nitedoc It's good to see you have a sense of humor

@ffony You're free to leave this great country anytime you like. The sooner the better!

@Nitedoc You only have freedom after being politically correct
not otherwise, the cancel culture will kill ya

@Nitedoc Myth: democracy = freedom

@Jokersswild Democracy = hypocrisy= Illusion. You don't have it.

@Longpatrol Never knew that 👍

@TexChik I hear ya! 👍

@SunshineGirl 228,000,000 guns in the US at the time of the last credible audit. The number of cars was less.

@Patriot96 Awwwww, it never used to be that way :(

@Nimbus

It is now.... 🙄

@4meAndyou leave hunter biden out of this

@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays

The US is 6th, per capita.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/262962/countries-with-the-most-prisoners-per-100-000-inhabitants/

@Thinkerbell No way. Find a different authority. Find an authority that confirms I'm right. 🤣

@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays

Are you a clerk for Judge Merchan...? 🤔

@shinyplasticlove Yep, renowned for that.

@Adrift As is our Constitutional right to be.

@NativePortlander1970 yep, everytime I see a story involving defenseless civilians under attack by armed groups, it makes me glad I have that right.

@Adrift Blame the individuals, not the firearms themselves.

@DallasCowboysFan its a good thing

@come2gether That's interesting ;)

@Thodsis you really show how little you know about the world.

@scorpiolovedeep Yes, I think so!

@cherokeepatti I was surprised to see that Texas typically has twice as many tornados as Oklahoma. Then it dawned on me how much bigger Texas is. More area can account for more tornados.

@exexec we have had the highest concentration of them. I saw a map made about 15 years ago and my county was in the bullseye. Have had 3 major destructive ones here and I don’t know how many less destructive ones and this is just from 1999 on.

@cherokeepatti OK and KS do get the bad ones

@sladejr Yup.

@iamnikki USA ranks 26th, no soup for you

@Patriot96 I believe she's referring to Mass shootings....

Of course when it comes to gun violence, Mexico is probably number one. The US is probably in the top 10.

@Roundandroundwego Russia has more nukes.

@dubum Really!?

@dubum that would be a good thing though

@ffony Obviously we can. We choose not to.

You???

In the English speaking world that has no meaning. Have you thought about taking classes in communicatiion?

Oh, maybe you meant you put your whiners in cans.