If you remove NOLA, DC, Detroit and Chicago from crime stats in the US, the nation drops well into the lower middle of Developed countries. Just 4 cities. Gun laws have little to do with it all.
It's US urban culture.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.