Why does the US have so many more “bad guys” than other developed countries? What does that say about us?

I ask because we have the highest rate of gun deaths in the developed world and because Republicans and Trump supporters insist that we can’t have any more gun control because “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” and “we don’t have a gun problem, we have a morality problem”. Why do we have a “morality problem”? I thought we were “the greatest country on Earth”? So we’re the greatest country on Earth, we just have the shittiest people?

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midnightsun · 26-30, M

Nah. US is definitely safer than most countries

WeighedDown · 36-40, M

@midnightsun you sure

midnightsun · 26-30, M

@WeighedDown I said most.

We have 190+ countries in this world.

WeighedDown · 36-40, M

@midnightsun Deaths from gun violence are rare even in many countries that are extremely poor — such as Bangladesh, which saw 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people.

Discotheque · M

@midnightsun Are you serious? How many countries have you visited? I think you need to research the facts.