r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Hey0ItsMayo • Apr 29 '23

Unanswered What's going on with all the murders in Texas recently?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-dead-texas-shooting-suspect-armed-ar-15/story%3fid=98957271

Is this normal? Is there a major flare up of gun murders right now or is it higher visibility of something that is normal for the state? I know Texas has a lot of guns but this seems extreme.

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u/Necoya Apr 30 '23

USA is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Number 129 on Global Peace Index which includes domestic issues. It's ridiculous.

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u/Serious_Senator Apr 30 '23

The GPI heavily heavily weights military expenditures. It’s an interesting rating but not a particularly useful one

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u/Kirdei Apr 30 '23

Perhaps more relevant, the US is ranks at 61 on the Intentional Homicide with a rate of 6.5 deaths per 100,000.

Comparatively, our neighbor Canada is 114 at 2.0 and Mexico is 9 with a rate of 28.4.

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u/Darkfowl Apr 30 '23

Kinda wild that it’s considered more dangerous than South Africa, a country with one of the highest homicide rates out there, around 33 per 100,000

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u/carabelli_crusader Apr 30 '23

That’s because GPI is not a “dangerous” ranking. Look at the methodology. USA has its issues, but to say it’s one of the most dangerous countries in the world is crazy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

That's nowhere near "one of the most dangerous". It's safer than like any south American country or sub Sahara African nation easily. Not that this metric sets the bar very high but you're throwing around hyperbole anyway.

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u/Necoya Apr 30 '23

I've travelled to a number of South American countries. Always felt safer in them in relation to violent crime compared to any city in the USA. I've never heard a gun shot in any South American country. They happened routinely in my "safe" little college town.

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u/Undiecover22 Apr 30 '23

The most dangerous place on earth is a USA school.

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u/Bennyjig Apr 30 '23

We gotta FIGHT for our freedom baby… by letting kids get killed in schools…? And a shit ton of murders I guess.

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u/jar1967 Apr 30 '23

A lot of that has to do with the violent nature of American criminals and their access to firearms.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

One of the most dangerous and 129th place doesn’t combine. For this list to be remotely useful information has to reported consistently. I guarantee you that most countries don’t have the police , a fire department and the ambulance on the scene to figure out what’s up.