This country has lost its soul.
The USA is the only country premised on the notion that people should look after themselves.
Countries like the UK, Japan, Saudi, and Canada have much lower homicide rates. The people in those nations are subjects and the system is built on the notion that the state should make the important decisions for them.
Our freedom has been eroded, but it is real. It also comes at a cost. Sometimes free people will do things we don’t want them to.