You can't be serious, Sinsull? USA not even in the top 40?

Could it be because the USA is not a European country and therefore doesn't feature in the survey in the first place? The website cites its source:-

"Murders (per capita) by country", European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice, 2011.

Doesn't explain why Australia and New Zealand ARE listed.

From http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/homicide.htm

"Western and Central Europe homicide rate = 1.5 per 100,000 people.

USA is 6.1 per 100,000 people.

Canada is 1.85 per 100,000.

Handguns only increase the murder rate. Canada and much of Western Europe effectively ban handguns for the most part."