Yes, that's what I learned at school. But certain areas of Europe are even more populated. For example the Ruhr Gebiet (I don't know how it's called in Germany or in English). Also our cities are small. The Hague, Rotterdam and Amsterdam each have far less then 1 million inhabitants. But it's true that there's really no place in the Netherlands where you can look to the horizon without seeing a church marking a town/city or village.

>Isn't Netherlands the most densely populated country in Europe?
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>>>It is not that it is impossible to carry a gun up here. As you said you can buy a gun elsewhere and illegally get it into the country. However it being illegal makes the availability of guns low. So suicide, accidents and impulsive actions are less likely to occur with guns. Criminals still will carry guns.... that is not something we can prevent. We cannot prevent people getting shot by illegal guns. However we can prevent all the other crap that goes with the widespread availability of guns.
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>>Perhaps we just cannot simply compare our small country with a large country. Here allmost all people have police posts nearby. I think that even most Dutch farmers have a rifle around.