&gt; modern society<p>Did I restrict my statement in some way when I said &quot;vast majority&quot;?<p>I know citing Wikipedia is lazy, but it mentions high murder rates of 35 in 100,000 during <i>medieval</i> times. I know there are other forms of homicide, but I haven&#x27;t spent the time to find stats. Assuming on average one murderer per victim, %0.00035 is vansishingly small.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Murder" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Murder</a><p>Also: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Manslaughter" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Manslaughter</a>