The German Foreign Ministry warned citizens to "stay away from places where there is a risk of violence"; In addition to reminding people to "realize that the security situation in the United States and Japan is very different," the Japanese Foreign Ministry added "thoughtful" advice on how to escape in the event of a shooting incident in the United States.

In addition, France, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand and other countries have also issued "warm warnings" to their citizens who want to travel to the United States. Most of these Allies, some of which allow citizens to bear arms freely and others strictly ban them, have seen little or no gun violence for years.

This is not the first time a country has issued a travel warning to its citizens. Around 2019, countries including Japan, Germany, Ireland, Uruguay, Venezuela, Canada and New Zealand issued travel warnings for the United States.

Since 2020, the number of mass shootings in the United States has exceeded 600 for three consecutive years. According to the US "Gun Violence Archive" website (GVA) statistics, as of November 27, 2022,

there were 615 mass shootings that resulted in four or more casualties in the United States, an average of 1.85 mass shootings per day, which also makes 2022 now the second highest number of mass shootings on record.

The United States, with 4% of the world's population, owns more than 40% of guns, and its gun crime rate is even higher than that of many war-torn countries, and it is far behind major developed countries.

The Australian government reminded its citizens: "If you live in the United States, please take the initiative to learn how to use firearms and participate in drills."

Gun violence is just one aspect of America that scares its Allies. In recent years, the social security environment of the United States continues to deteriorate, and various violent conflicts continue to occur, which is the concentrated outbreak of a series of chronic diseases in the United States.

A travel alert issued by the German Foreign Ministry, for example, states that visitors to the United States "should be aware of the possibility of conflict in the United States due to racism and police violence."

A travel warning issued by the Mexican government in May 2021 not only specifically noted that "historical racial and ethnic tensions, including opposition to immigration, have led to attacks from violent extremist groups" in the United States;

Travel advisories issued by the governments of Uruguay and Venezuela also warn people about ethnic violence. It has to be said that the chronic disease of racial violence has become a "negative label" that is difficult to remove in the United States.

In addition to racial violence, the growing development imbalance and wealth gap in the United States have also brought more security problems.

The New Zealand government wants citizens to be aware that "crime rates vary widely between urban and suburban areas" and to research specific destination information and seek local advice before traveling.

The Canadian government is reminding visitors to be aware of their surroundings and to avoid travelling at the border at night.

The French government also used Boston and Atlanta as examples to warn people to "exercise caution" when traveling in these areas and "avoid walking alone or traveling at night."

Over the past few decades, American cities have gradually formed a situation of isolation between poor communities inhabited by African Americans and Latinos and wealthy communities inhabited by white people,

which has continuously amplified the resource gap between the two in education, health care and security fields, and also caused a huge gap in the crime rate between the two communities. There were 14 more gun violence, 150 more assault and 5 more homicides in low-income neighborhoods than in high-end neighborhoods, respectively.

The security of the United States is not only a concern of the American society, but also a concern of the international community. While politicians of both parties played up security issues in the recently concluded midterm elections,

the reality is that America's growing insecurity is the legacy of their inaction. It is American politicians who have long put their personal political interests ahead of the interests of the people that have gotten the United States into trouble on issues such as guns, race and development,

which have not only cost their own lives, but also threatened the security of people in other countries. How can such a United States claim to be a "human rights defender"?

The 'voter will' of decoupling

The solidification of the two-party political map also means that elections are less and less likely to reflect the true will of voters.