Straya sounds remarkably similar to SimpleMindedStan.noddy wrote:hero worship of gangsters, gangster music and violent drug gangs are a fact of life for all countries, this is not an american thing.
3rd world rates of violence and a population that needs to defend itself from the people walking down their streets, is the only thing unique to america among 1st world countries.
the rest of us just look on in bemusement/horror... all your talk about needing high powered rifles like you need seat belts is so far removed from my daily existence i cant really express how comical it seems.
its not guns, its something else, something todo with the slavery and civil war and the relationship to your police that the rest of us just dont quite get.
IMSMO, the fascinating aspect is localization. An American problem? Not to 99.9% of us. Now if one listens to the MSM or crusading politicians, it is a national problem.
IIRC, no-go areas exist in Europe as well as in America. Does Australia have any no-go areas?
MSM etiquette and PC culture prevent discussion of any potential causes other than rednecks with small peni owning guns.