Today is one of those days when everyone is just watching the crypto market burn down in red hot flames and we keep wondering if to just rush into those flames and salvage what we can from the situation or just let it keep burning with the hopes that it will rise again from the ashes like the Phoenix.
As usual when I woke up in the morning and got hold of my phone, the first place I checked was readcash and I took a glance at my wallet and the amount has reduced, I immediately thought out loud: "not again". I checked binance to confirm my fears and truly, BCH has gone down to $190 💔. I wonder when this tug-of-war between the bulls and bears is going to end.
I quickly closed the binance app and decided to relax my brain before jumping into readcash to engage on articles. I decided to visit nairaland to see if I can find anything interesting but instead, I found something very sad: Shooting At A Texas Elementary School Leaves 14 Students And A Teacher Dead. The next thing I thought was: why always America?
America is truly a crazy place, anybody can just wake up one day, take a gun and go start shooting at people for no sane reason. There's always a lot of gun violence in the US and it's very weird for a country of that caliber. If you compare the cases of gun violence in other countries that are in the same league as America, you will discover it's way higher in America.
You wanna know what causes all this frequent gun violence? Owning a gun is considered legal over there! A lot of people have access to guns in the US and can easily buy one when they want. I read on Twitter some time ago that over 90% of families in Texas all have guns, that statistics is dangerously high!
There was a piece of news that was trending some years back (I think in 2020) and it was about a man that took a gun to a church in Texas but before he could open fire, he was shot by the members of the church who were all carrying guns as well. Yes, they were all packing heat right there in church! I imagine the conversation some of them will be having on Sundays while preparing for church.
Husband: Aren't you done? We are going to be late.
Wife: I am almost done, I will be out soon
Husband: Bring the bibles while coming out.
Wife: Yeah, Don't forget to grab the guns (like, wtf?!)
I wasn't surprised when I found out that countries like Brazil, Columbia, and Mexico ranked higher than America when it comes to gun violence, but I was shocked when I saw the Philippines on the same list, also higher than the US! I always thought the Philippines was a peaceful country, but I was surprised that it has more gun violence than America.
Things might have changed now because the last ranking was done in 2019, coz I was shocked when I couldn't find my country on that list and wondered if the ranking is even credible. Those of us in Nigeria know of the frequent gun violence perpetrated by various groups (herdsmen, ESN, ISWAP, and Boko Haram), but let's just leave that topic for another day.
I used to love America when I was younger and I always dreamed of living there but over the years, I have been hearing a series of crazy stories that have discouraged me from visiting. Sure you're going to earn very well if you manage to get a good job but taxes are going to take a large chunk out of your earnings, they pay tax on everything over there.
And let's not forget the issue of guns lying around everywhere. A teenager can just decide to play real-life call of duty or grand theft auto and pick up a rifle and start shooting at people walking on the streets while standing on his balcony. There have been over 39 shootings this year alone, that's like an average of 8 shootings per month.
All these have been happening for years and I thought the US government would have put a ban on guns but apparently they are more bothered with what's happening in other countries (as usual). Right now I am better off living in other countries like Canada, it's a much better country to live in (in my opinion) if you can look past the extreme cold that is over there 😉.
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Wednesday May 25, 2022
The rate of Violence in America is shocking. I grew up hearing the phrase "America onibon - America with the gun." They are always on guard 🤣🤣😂 sha don't provoke anyone.