Wow, sounds bad. At least the gun shots i hear are ones fired by myself! I can't imaging living in an environment where gunfire and crime is so out of control. I guess many people do though. Australia is considered a reasonably safe place and my little city (Adelaide) has always felt safe to me although there's still places I would not go, especially at night.

I love nature, I'm not an activist or anything, but I feel so much better when I am engaging with it. Today is cool and raining and I simply love it. Sure rain isn't good all the time but we've had so little lately I'm just relishing in the freshness of it. isn't our planet wonderful? if only humans treated it better.

Thanks for your comments @cryptoandcoffee, much appreciated.