Is America addicted to mass shootings? Have they become rare occasions on which the country unites around a common cause; the sacrifice of innocents to the 'god of America'?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Montevideo issued an advisory on Monday, urging Uruguayans to "take precautions against the growing indiscriminate violence, mostly hate crimes, racism and discrimination" if they are traveling to the US, noting that they have claimed over 250 lives in the first seven months of 2019.
Those brave souls that do venture north are advised to avoid crowded places and public events "such as theme parks, shopping centers, art festivals, religious activities, gastronomic fairs and any type of cultural or sporting events," especially if they are bringing children along.
Uruguayans were also urged to avoid some cities entirely, such as Detroit, Michigan; Baltimore, Maryland; and Albuquerque, New Mexico - which are listed among the twenty "most dangerous in the world" in a recent survey by the business magazine Ceoworld.
Comment: Sound advice, perhaps, and it is accurate to say US authorities can't or won't deal with mass shootings, but it's not due to that country's constitutional 2nd Amendment; it's due to its political unwillingness to expose the fascist organization(s) committing them (at least, the big ones that become media circuses).