[chance33_98]

Looks like 16,000+ from FBI stats. Maybe I would be safer in Iraq :)

[chance33_98]

sheesh, I live in the midwest too:

The Midwest

With 22.6 percent of the U.S. population, the Midwest accounted for 20.4 percent of the country's murders. The estimated 3,298 murders in the Midwest represented a 3.0 percent decrease from the region's murder total in 2001. The 2002 murder rate per 100,000 population was 5.1, a decrease of 3.5 percent from the previous year's rate. (See Tables 3 and 4.)

[ArrogantBustard]

Looks like 16,000+ from FBI stats. Maybe I would be safer in Iraq :)

Heck of an Army recruiting slogan:

"Join the Army! Volunteer for service in the Near East! It's safer than living in Washington, DC!"