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Well, I live in Holland and I don not wish to brag, but I heard from a friend of mine, who nows a police-chief. This police-chief told him the crime rate in Holland was globaly compareble with to US! Hard to believe, but a lot of crime is withheld from the public and fraud is almost legal here. There is only a 15% chance that the police catches a killer after a murder. Amsterdam has become the crime-capital of the EU, taking over from London. There are 4 to 5 times as many muders (per 100.000 citizens) in Amsterdam than in Rome. Every year 1.3 million crimes are reported to the police, 1 million of them are filed without even being looked at! In 40 years time, the crime rate grew 10 times, while in the same period the police only were able to solve 3 times as many crimes than 40 years ago.

That's interesting anecdotal evidence. Published statistics tell a different story. If you have a credible source (other than your friend's conversation with a "police chief") I'd be interested in viewing it.

So the top two crime capitals of europe deny their citizens the right to defend themselves with the great equalizer.