.....we actually don't look too bad in comparison to the rest of the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._homicide_rate

Also, when comparing the US to Sweden, we should be looking at the crimes committed by Swedes (or
Swedish extraction) in the US. Same goes for Finland, Iceland, France, Mexico, South Africa, etc.
It's not the USA that's the problem, but the people in the USA that are the problem. I expect that
if you took the Africans, South Americans, and Mexicans out of the population, the US would be
looking great.

I base that on the 'Map of world by intentional homicide rate per 100,000 most recent year' at the
top of the article.

Maybe this country isn't so bad after all.