Kansas City, St. Louis and Missouri not on a good list

The FBI's latest murder rate list came out and St. Louis and Kansas City, specifically and so, Missouri, in general, don't come out looking very good. The list?

These Are The Major U.S. Cities With The Highest Murder Rates, According To The FBI

Check out number 10: Kansas City, Missouri
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Murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 people: 21

Total murders and non-negligent manslaughters: 99

Violent crime rate per 100,000 people: 1,260

Total violent crimes: 5,864

Population: 465,514

All data from FBI's 2013 Uniform Crime Report.

To lick our collective wounds on the West side of the state, here's St. Lou---

No. 4

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And their rather lamentable stats:

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 people: 38

Total murders and non-negligent manslaughters: 120

Violent crime rate per 100,000 people: 1,594

Total violent crimes: 5,077

Population: 318,563

All data from FBI's 2013 Uniform Crime Report.

Note, only one other state had two cities on the ignominious list (and that was Louisiana).

Missouri, it's starting to suck to be you, kiddo.

Any ideas, citizens of Missouri? Solutions, anyone?