Is Venezuela The Most Dangerous Country In The World?
Several years ago,...
That hasn't helped to keep people in the region safe though, as they've continued to struggle with a declining economy and crippling inflation.
It's reported that Venezuela has seen a steadily rising homicide rate over the last 20 years, which prompted the move to try and restrict gun ownership in the first place.
Despite the restrictions on gun ownership that were implemented several years ago however, Venezuela is still seeing a homicide rate of 89 per 100,000 and that makes it higher than the global average—about 15x higher.
It's suggested that many criminals are murdering for smartphones, as millions in the region continue to struggle to meet their daily needs.
For one 46 year old man from Caracas, who lives with bars on his doors and windows, he says that people are being robbed in the market, the street, on the beach, even at the hospital. It's fueled the narrative with some that the government doesn't care about them because it has failed to protect them and in many ways only made the situation much worse for them.
For the 2nd year in a row, Venezuela has been listed as the least safe country in the world to visit.
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Wow that's really sad. I feel like the people see the government steal money from it's citizens so the people engage in the same practice. So heartbreaking.
I am from Venezuela and I live the situation that exists daily, I do not know if it is the most dangerous in the world, but if it is very dangerous, not only steal smart phones, kidnap, steal cars, get into homes and leave them with nothing while those who live in that house are tied, steal shoes, ride on public transport to deprive people not only their cell phones but everything they have, there are some who steal the food bags of people who have just left of the supermarket, Venezuela has always been insecure but since we are submerged in this crisis it is worse.
Meanwhile, violent crime in the US has dropped by about half in the past 25-30 years or so. This trend began before the Clinton gun ban, coincides with a trend toward relaxing firearm carry restrictions, and was unaffected by the sunset of the Clinton ban. High crime rates are associated most with the consequences of prohibition laws. It's almost like freedom cannot be shown to correlate with increased crime...
Yeah let's pretend there's no correlation between gun laws and mass shootings and gun homicide rates in America
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html
The US isn't a homogeneous whole. Violent crime rates don't correlate to firearm ownership the way you think. Yellow journalism is alive and well, unfortunately.
If you bothered to read, you'd find out the correlation between gun ownership and gun deaths is not only strong for the USA as a country but also when you see the picture at the state- and town/city-level. You'd also find links to studies showing a correlation between gun control laws and reduction of gun deaths. Have a good day.
México es más peligroso, luego Brasil, luego Colombia y ahí se ubica Venezuela... Lo que ocurre es que mediaticamente es señalado como el más peligroso
@doitvoluntarily hello dear friend, many garcias for letting us know this news, it is a real shame what is happening in Venezuela and everything is related to the financial crisis, the same happens in my country, the increase is from the hand of the cisis
I wish you a great week