No, they aren't. Gun violence in America doesn't look that bad compared to places like northern Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, Sudan, etc.

Compared to rich nations, however, it looks downright awful.

Sorry yes I should have been more specific, I did mean compared to rich nations.

When me and my wife where choosing where to live, given we were planning to have kids, the idea of school shootings really scared us, so we had to pass on the U.S. entirely.

No.

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