the fact that this is even happening should be alarming. How many countries does this happen in?

Every event a possible shooting, hell even if you leave your house, or don't.

Kash Patel said to congress that there was like 2 homicides every hours and a rape every 30 mins - THAT's WORSE than South Africa

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24,849 homicide victims in the USA 2022 and 27,494 in South Africa in the year to Feb 2023, a per capita rate that's 7 times higher but also absolutely higher.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/07/1223358578/as-police-lose-the-war-on-crime-in-south-africa-private-security-companies-step-

so the FBI director was lying to congress?

2 * 24 * 365 = 17520

Kash Patel used his statistics to justify the border closure and to push their congress to do so, so those stats are "from the horses mouth" per say.

There have been 90 emergencies declared in the US since 1917. 8 have been declared by the Trump admin since January.

stats are not making sense when you think about it

The stats are real, they're just not that shocking in a country of 350m people, but they *sound* bad.

so the FBI director was lying to congress?

so the FBI director was lying to congress?