“The United States, with less than 5 percent of the world’s population, has 46 percent of the world’s civilian-owned guns, according to a 2018 report by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey.
It ranks number one in firearms per capita.
The United States also has the highest homicide-by-firearm rate of the world’s most-developed nations.” pbs.org
Sometimes I disagree with Lee Greenwood—and I am not proud to be an American.”
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Yeah, that was a long time ago… and, if one does their research (and I know you have)… have we ever really been proud to be Americans?
I once ‘thought’ I was…
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Same! And I so want to be.
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I hear you. More guns than people is a damning and deadly statistic. I guess the next no 1 song will be titled, I’m Proud to be a Fully Armed American….
…so very sickening, severely deranged, and sad.
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True, Rosemarie. And I just hate all this because I so love our country. And I want it to be godly. And kind. And safe.
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Guns are here in Canada..so dangerous.
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May you be safe.
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It’s tough to be proud of a country that continues to allow the massacre of children. Like you, I want to be, I used to be, but now …
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Yes.
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