US homeowners get locks and guns to prevent home invasions.
Everyone gets guns over there. That's probably why the intentional homicide rate in the USA is on level par with the likes of Sudan and Zambia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate...
... but hey, at least you get something in return: wokism, cancel culture (an American invention) and gay marriage. So, there's basically African-like safety level in the USA but at least it's colourful in the streets (with all the graffiti I mean) and John can marry Steve. xD
P.S. I would like to apologise to Africa for this unfair comment of mine...
African-like safety level
... because you are much more likely to be murdered in the USA than in Angola, Cameroon, Kenya or Mozambique (an interesting fact - there are more black people in the USA than in Mozambique :)).