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Old 02-07-2004, 10:17 PM  
Peaches
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Originally posted by sacX
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amsterdam homicide rate one of the highest in europe 5.37/100,000 lower than nearly every similar sized US city.
In fact, the entire US (291 million people) average is just a tad more than little Amsterdam:
http://www.morganquitno.com/met01rank.pdf

What's funny is how low the gun murders are in rural areas in the US and in my experience (since I grew up in them and live in one now), the percentage of people who own guns in rural areas is much higher than the percentage in large cities. If it hasn't already been said: People kill people.
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