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On CNN they had asked viewers to respond to the question: What are you doing to keep your kids safe?
My best advice:
Keep them out of America.
Ok, Americans, here's your response - without the profanities - "You act like America is the only place where there are sick fucks like this!" ... True, but you are the world leader in producing serial killers, by far. When you can counter that, let me know.
Here's a quote:
".. (in other Western countries) the homicide rate for children age 4 and under is just less than 1 per 100,000. But it's quadruple that in the US, at 4.1 per 100,000. And for every American child 4 or younger, more than eight others die violently by other means - blunt objects, strangulation, or, most commonly, hands, fists, or feet. Even in the 5 to 14 age range, the American nongun murder rate is still more than twice as high as the international comparison group."
So if you live America and can't - or don't want to - leave, what can you do? Besides street-proof the kids? Pray. Really. These kind of crimes happen anywhere, at any time. The most frightening part is the people that commit them could be living next door and you'd never know until it's too late.
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