Second Amendment stats

Having been to Belgium several times (and been startled by the police carrying submachineguns in the subway), I can only chuckle sardonically over these statistics from Living Dangerously in Brussels:

Murder and manslaughter in the U.S.: 16,137 cases in 2004
(5.5 per 100,000 inhabitants).
Percent change compared to 2003: -2.4

Murder and manslaughter (moord en doodslag) in Belgium: 959 cases in 2004
(9.1 per 100,000 inhabitants).
Percent change compared to 2003: +11.12