Before moving to Madrid (Spain) I lived in Sofia (Bulgaria). These were bad times and where I lived there were mafia shoots every night (like in the action moovies but in real). Then I realized that the human life costs exactly the same as the bullet that is used to kill the other person ($2 or less), if you kill him with your hands his life costs nothing.
I have been shot just for being on the street (taking the dog out), and by driving not the cheapest car in the world (being stopped on a semapfore during the day). Also have seen lots of people being almost killed or killed for things like these (One of the mafia headquarters was at 100m of my house).
If you ask where was the police during that time... the police was one of the mafias.
I know it sounds like totally surrealistic movie but it's true. If you have lived during the early 90s in Sofia (Bulgaria) near hotel Rodina you should know what I am talking about.
So if you have to watch at your car seing assholes walking around, be happy that they do not shoot at you.
Now I live in Spain and the most I hve seen was a stupid guy that menaced me with a 10cm knife before I broke his arm.
