What is the current situation of American society?

The current situation of American society:

300 million people own 250 million guns.

Violent crimes in American society are serious, and citizens' lives, property and personal safety lack due protection.

198.2 out of every 65,438+10,000 people were arrested for violent crimes.

In 2008, American citizens aged 12 experienced 4.9 million violent crimes.

16.3 million property crime

137000 personal theft crime

The incidence of violent crimes is 0/9.3 per thousand people/kloc.

In 2008, the United States arrested more than 6.5438+0.4 million criminals, of which 6.5438+0.98.2 out of every 6.5438+0 million people were arrested for violent crimes.

In 2009, there were 35 domestic murders in Philadelphia, an increase of 67% over 2008. There are 46 1 recorded murders in new york, with an average of 1 15 1 crimes among 65438+ people.

Americans bought 9 billion bullets in 2008.

The number of privately owned guns in the United States ranks first in the world.

The population of 309 million in the United States has nearly 250 million guns, and Americans buy 7 billion bullets every year, which rose to 9 billion in 2008. Every year, 30,000 people are killed by shootings.

In 2008, there were 1, 4 1, and 80 people died in shootings in the United States.

For every 198 Americans, 1 is serving a sentence.

On July 8, 2009, it was reported that 3 15 police officers in new york were supervised by the internal supervision plan because of excessive violence in law enforcement.

In 2007, there were only 265,438+00 police officers under supervision. In the past two years, the number of police officers in new york Police Department who have been subjected to internal review due to excessive public dissatisfaction has increased by 50%. According to the report of new york Police Department on June 5438+065438+1October 17, 2009, new york police fired 588 bullets in 2007, resulting in 10 deaths. In 2008, 354 bullets were fired, resulting in 65,438+03 deaths.

In July 2009, the FBI investigated four police officers in Washington, D.C., who charged protection fees to casinos run by local drug dealers for several years. In September, an off-duty policeman in Chicago beat a bus driver because he blocked his bicycle lane.

On February 8, 2009, it was reported that by the end of 2008, there were 7.3 million people in prison in the United States, an increase of 0.5% over 2007. Among them, 2.3 million people are serving their sentences in prison, that is, 198 Americans are serving their sentences. From 2000 to 2008, the prison population in the United States increased by 1.8% annually. Due to the pressure of overcrowding in California prisons and the deteriorating financial situation, the California government plans to send tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to prisons in Mexico.

About economy

Poverty, unemployment and homelessness are serious problems in the United States, and workers' economic, social and cultural rights are not guaranteed.

Four out of every 65,438+0,000 Americans filed for bankruptcy.

The unemployment rate in the United States has reached a 26-year high.

The Associated Press reported in April 2009 that the total number of enterprises and individuals applying for bankruptcy protection in the United States in the past 12 months was nearly 1.2 million.

The poverty-stricken population reached a new high 1 1 year.

By the end of 2008, there were 39.8 million poor people in the United States, 2.6 million more than in 2007, accounting for 13.2% of the American population, and the poverty rate was the highest since 1998. The number of poor people aged from 65,438 to 64 rose to 226,543,800, an increase of 654,380,700 over 2007. Poor families accounted for 10.3%, reaching 865,438+10,000 people.

There are about 32,000 suicides in the United States every year, almost twice as many as18,000 murders.

The number of hungry people is the highest in 14 years. The United States Department of Agriculture reported in June 2009 165438+ 10/6 that in 2008, there were 14.6% in the United States, that is, 4,965,438+people in17 million households were hungry.

The number of people with food insecurity rose from 4.7 million in 2007 to 6.7 million in 2008.