No disrespect to Kansas City, Missouri, home of barbecue, jazz and the current Superbowl LIV champions among other things, but you have a major bloodletting problem. I half jokingly mentioned that COVID-19 might actually cause a downturn in American slaughter (mainly via that preferred choice of killing machine that gets Americans aroused at the best of times, guns). For those of you not following homicide rates, KC has had an uptick in slaughter this year. Thus far in 2020 there have been an average of 13 homicides per month (that's in a city of some 490,000), to put things into context, coronavirus has only taken 13 lives in 2020 as of writing. I hereby stand corrected that a virus lacks the power to lower murder rates, in a city that's a microcosm of real America (as non-coastal elites like to say).
I know the naysayers will bang on about how cars and cancer kill more folk, but in all other advanced nations that also have car accidents and cancer their death by firearms is a lot less. On the current trajectory, KC will have 156 homicides in 2020, this for a city that has 11.84 times fewer inhabitants than the Kingdom of Denmark. Why I mention Denmark? It has a population of 5.8 million million and they're on target for only 70 homicides in 2020. To put it succinctly: Denmark needs to reach 829 murders to match KC's total. When entering America's 38th most populous city, the sign should read: Welcome to the Kingdom of KC, the barbecue and murder capital.
In future, if you ever hear an American President say that they lead the greatest country on earth just make a mental note of the blood being spilled on its streets. KC is just a representative of a broader picture, that of the US being number one in homicides among advanced nations, thanks largely to the love affair with those A-15's. My former hometown of Dallas itself was an expert in slaying, so I have had first-hand experience of seeing everyone from hillbilly rednecks to the well heeled set openly carrying weapons of mass destruction.
This whole topic of more deaths from murder than coronavirus has an interesting twist. Season four of one of the all-time great black crime-comedy drama's, Fargo has been placed on hiatus due to the pandemic. The irony is that this season was going to focus on the KC mafia circa 1950. I guess you could say crime in KC does pay, it leads to quality art.
Afterthought
I expect some American readers will attack my opinion by pointing to the recent massacre in Nova Scotia on April 18th (another example of the pandemic not alleviating carnage). Let me set the record straight: setting aside this tragic event, Canada averages 1.8 murders per 100,000 compared to the US at 5.3 per 100,000. Fear not Uncle Sam, you still dominate domestic warfare carried out by your own citizens. take a tip from Global Editorial: go easy on immigrants and concentrate on homegrown terror backed by the NRA. My American wife and I both endorse this message, we get that the US has many positive attributes, however in order for a country to evolve it must first admit to its own foibles.
I know the naysayers will bang on about how cars and cancer kill more folk, but in all other advanced nations that also have car accidents and cancer their death by firearms is a lot less. On the current trajectory, KC will have 156 homicides in 2020, this for a city that has 11.84 times fewer inhabitants than the Kingdom of Denmark. Why I mention Denmark? It has a population of 5.8 million million and they're on target for only 70 homicides in 2020. To put it succinctly: Denmark needs to reach 829 murders to match KC's total. When entering America's 38th most populous city, the sign should read: Welcome to the Kingdom of KC, the barbecue and murder capital.
In future, if you ever hear an American President say that they lead the greatest country on earth just make a mental note of the blood being spilled on its streets. KC is just a representative of a broader picture, that of the US being number one in homicides among advanced nations, thanks largely to the love affair with those A-15's. My former hometown of Dallas itself was an expert in slaying, so I have had first-hand experience of seeing everyone from hillbilly rednecks to the well heeled set openly carrying weapons of mass destruction.
This whole topic of more deaths from murder than coronavirus has an interesting twist. Season four of one of the all-time great black crime-comedy drama's, Fargo has been placed on hiatus due to the pandemic. The irony is that this season was going to focus on the KC mafia circa 1950. I guess you could say crime in KC does pay, it leads to quality art.
Afterthought
I expect some American readers will attack my opinion by pointing to the recent massacre in Nova Scotia on April 18th (another example of the pandemic not alleviating carnage). Let me set the record straight: setting aside this tragic event, Canada averages 1.8 murders per 100,000 compared to the US at 5.3 per 100,000. Fear not Uncle Sam, you still dominate domestic warfare carried out by your own citizens. take a tip from Global Editorial: go easy on immigrants and concentrate on homegrown terror backed by the NRA. My American wife and I both endorse this message, we get that the US has many positive attributes, however in order for a country to evolve it must first admit to its own foibles.
