I think there is something in our society that promotes violence. It glamorizes violence and that is what we are seeing on the streets today. Of course. You nailed it.
You can check out your city's crime rate here and compare it to the national average. My town isn't as safe as I though it was. http://www.cityrating.com/crimestatistics.asp
Ironically, those who have 'free' health care in Europe and Canada have some of the lowest gun and violent crime #'s in the world. But in the US is sound like people are revolting against a corrupt military regime, their culture has disintergrated - violence both at home and abroad is the new Religion. They have turned on themselves. Prison Planet, indeed.