re: #470 Escaped Hillbilly

In the United States, murders rates have been higher and have fluctuated. They rose during the nineteenth century, dropped in the years following World War II, before rising again. The rate reached eleven per 100,000 in 1991 before falling to five per 100,000 in present times

We live in a safer country today than the one I grew up in, believe it or not. I refuse to live in a “fearcoon” due to rightwing politics as I age. I’m not going to let paranoia alter my lifestyle.