Kind of OT, but part of the overall discussion I think. U.S.A. was recently ranked 129 out of 163 countries in the Global Peace Index. Lower than places like Haiti, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Nicaragua. The criteria includes things like criminality, homicides, access to weapons, jailed population, violence, and instability among others.
In case anyone is curious, Canada is #12 and considered within the first tier (the top 15 countries as indicated by dark green on the map linked below).
1 Iceland
2 New Zealand
3 Ireland
4 Denmark
5 Austria
6 Portugal
7 Slovenia
8 Czech Republic
9 Singapore
10 Japan
11 Switzerland
12 Canada
13 Hungary
14 Finland
15 Croatia
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/
U.S.A is in the same tier as countries like Mexico, Brazil, Iran, India, Columbia, Ethiopia, Turkey, Myanmar, and Venezuela.