Nearly 17,000 people were murdered last year in America. The murder rate in the US ranks 24th overall, just behind Bulgaria, but far ahead of any other industrialized country. South Korea and France are our closest competitors at 38th and 40th respectively.

While not the most crime infested nation on Earth, that honor belongs to Columbia, the sheer volume of murders and rapes (over 92,000) in this country is nothing to be proud of, and yet where is the outrage? Where are the protest, where are the calls for action? They are nowhere to be found.

Quite simply, our elected representatives lack the wherewithal to tackle such issues; they are more content to address the inane, the unimportant and the superficial, while the streets of America run red with blood.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/12/D8I6MG9G1.html