"Approximately 170 murders were committed in the Netherlands in 2010, a slight decrease from 2009."
http://www.denhaag.nl/de/to/Population-of-The-Hague-rising.htm
That works out to a murder rate of just over 1 per 100,000 population. Compare that to the US murder rate of 5 per 100,000
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
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Let's look at Amsterdam:
"In Amsterdam the number of murders decreased from 32 in 2009 to 16 in 2010..."
http://www.denhaag.nl/de/to/Population-of-The-Hague-rising.htm
With a population of about 730,000, that works out to a murder rate of about 2.2/100,000. For comparison, San Jose has consistently been ranked among the safest cities over 500,000 in the US. According to city-data.com, its murder rate for 2009 was 2.6/100,000.
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Two questions:
1. Would you rather a loved one walked through Amsterdam, or through a randomly chosen American city over 500,000?
2. You never answered my question on how you justify support for federal laws based on the New Deal Commerce Clause, after claiming to have studied the Constitution. Would you do so now?
Record low murder rate once again
2 January 2008
AMSTERDAM - 147 murders were committed in the Netherlands last year, one fewer than in 2006 and therefore a record low, according to the annual report from Elsevier.
http://mlvb.net/www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Record-low-murder-rate-once-again_1276.html