No, The U.S. Isn’t The 15th Most Dangerous Place To Live

By Tom Knighton

A report came out recently that appears to say that the United States is the 15th most dangerous country in the world.

No doubt, this will begin popping up in social media discussion on things like guns. Anti-gun activists will scream bloody murder that we need to do something because our country is so much more dangerous than damn near everywhere else. They’ll argue that we absolutely have to do something.

But, not really. You see, there’s a problem with this claim.

For the 2018 survey, 18,135 expats living in 187 territories and countries — from Germany to Greenland — responded. The results provide insight into what it’s like to live and work in 68 places, focusing on topics such as quality of life, working abroad, cost of living and more.

One of the most compelling areas of focus is the Safety & Security subcategory, which is part of the Quality of Life Index. This consists of three factors — peacefulness, personal safety and political stability — which the respondents rated on a scale of one to seven. The results were then bundled to create a global ranking of the most dangerous places for expats to live. InterNations also broke out …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms