runner,

Nowadays the
majority come by plane not boat! (smile).

Issy, in Denver USA, 21 year old Isabella Thallas was shot dead by home owner Michael Close while walking her dog with boyfriend Darian Simon who was wounded by Close. The couple were walking the dog when it pooed (shocking) on Close's front lawn. Close opened fire from inside his house, killing Isabella and wounding Darian.
Do you support this kind of gunnie action as part of protecting ones property? Is this not what your Shooters and Hooters Party would put into law in Australia given half a chance.

Paul,

No, to both questions (there were two questions despite the last having no '?' mark.

Foxy,

I took your advice and Googled and there are 54 countries with higher murder rates than the Us.
http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/rankingsYou posted,
"In international terms, the United States is an extremely
violent society, with a homicide rate far exceeding that
of any other industrialized nation." coming in at number 55 dosen't seem to equate with "...In international terms, the United States is an extremely violent society,..."
If the US is extremely violent how would you describe No1?

You still haven't answered the question regarding what significance industrialization has on murder rates.

Here's another from Google,

"In terms of organized crime, terrorism, homicide and reliability of police forces, the US ranks as the 56th safest country in the world, falling just below China at 55."
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-life-is-like-in-some-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-countries-2018-10?r=AU&IR=T

So do you now regard China as an extremely violent place?

Dear Paul,

Did you happen to watch Foreign Correspondent last
night? Sally Sara looked at the Black Lives Matter
movement and its history and where it is today. It
started out as a small movement and has now been
transformed into a global force pushing for
justice and equality for black people.

She caught up with Baltimore photographer - Devin Allen.
His photograph made the cover of Time way back then.
Today he's a famous young man - working to tell the full
story of his people.

Interesting program.

Are Black Lives matter interested in the multiple murders of black people on the African Continent?

Haven't seen anything about it but then I rarely watch YV.

Foxy,

Here's a bit more Googling.

"The number of murders in South Africa climbed to the highest level in at least a decade as an overburdened police force struggled to keep violent crime in check.

The number of homicides rose by 3.4% to 21,022 in the 12 months through March -- an average of almost 58 a day -- the police service said in its annual crime statistics report released in parliament in Cape Town on Thursday. The murder rate rose to 36.4 per 100,000 people, from 35.4 in the previous year. The rate is more than six times higher than that of the U.S"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-12/south-african-murders-increase-to-highest-level-in-a-decade

Black lives do matter so we should not be neglecting South Africa even though it is not an industrialized country.