Indeed, I could be mistaken on the crime statistics. Perhaps it's because I just experienced an insane increase in crime I experienced personally. My house was

Indeed, I could be mistaken on the crime statistics. Perhaps it's because I just experienced an insane increase in crime I experienced personally. My house was broken into twice, though I only felt the need to report it the first time, so perhaps I messed up the data a bit. The police didn't seem particularly interested either so I figured why waste their time. Sounds like they had murders to deal with anyway. But I never saw so much petty crime in my life either - from vandalism to outright shoplifting to homeless people doing their thing; I get everyone's gotta use the bathroom, but I don't need to see it. I heard a lot of the same from talking to people in person and online. But you say that we can solve hard problems so I'd ask something my grandmother (a retired teacher) asked me yesterday that seems like your subject matter - what can we do to lower the murder rate in the US? She was particularly interested in school shootings, but I'd say overall - it seems like a hard problem that affects the US, what can we do to solve it?