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Looking at places like Illinois, California, Michigan, New York etc... All these states have extremely tough gun control laws, most of which are pretty much virtual bans. But yet it doesn't seem to be working. Meanwhile if you look at states that are more gun friendly, like Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina etc... You find far less gun violence. Why is that?
I also noticed that Red States as a whole tend to have better economies than Blue States, and that more people are moving out of the Blue States and into the Red Stated, mainly the deep south which have the fastest growing population of people moving into them. Why is this?
Out of the top 10, 7 are red states. This is for the time period of 2010-2011.
Bottom top(lowest murder rates)
Wyoming 2.3
Rhode Island 2.05
Maine 1.9
Utah 1.9
Idaho 1.85
Minnesota 1.6
Hawaii 1.5
Iowa 1.35
Vermont 1.2
New Hampshire 1.15
7 out of 10 are blue states. Now with Vermont, the gun laws there are quite lax.
I believe an individual's attitude, mentality, and culture play bigger parts in a person committing gun crime. If you have a violent mentality, that is a big problem.
Looking at places like Illinois, California, Michigan, New York etc... All these states have extremely tough gun control laws, most of which are pretty much virtual bans. But yet it doesn't seem to be working. Meanwhile if you look at states that are more gun friendly, like Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina etc... You find far less gun violence. Why is that?
I also noticed that Red States as a whole tend to have better economies than Blue States, and that more people are moving out of the Blue States and into the Red Stated, mainly the deep south which have the fastest growing population of people moving into them. Why is this?
Yes, the teeming masses in the vast urban ghettos of Wyoming are very law abiding - oh wait, there are no teeming masses in vast urban ghettos in Wyoming...
Also, the south is the poorest part of the U.S, and has very high crime rates, so.
By the by, the city I live in here in California is vastly safer than St. Augustine, Florida. San Jose, CA has a homicide rate of .04 per 1,000, St. Augustine, FL has a homicide rate of .15 per 100,000.
So, a city of over 1,000,000 in California is vastly safer than a little burb in Florida with only 13,000.
1) DC
2) Delaware
3) Alaska
4) Connecticut
5) Wyoming
6) Massachusetts
7) New York
8) New Jersey
9) Virginia
10) Washington
Source?
Also I question your list because Florida has the 4th largest GDP and Texas has the second. Also GDP does not necessarily mean a better economy, other things come into play like tax burdens etc...
Also I question your list because Florida has the 4th largest GDP and Texas has the second. Also GDP does not necessarily mean a better economy, other things come into play like tax burdens etc...
Out of the top 10, 7 are red states. This is for the time period of 2010-2011.
Bottom top(lowest murder rates)
Wyoming 2.3
Rhode Island 2.05
Maine 1.9
Utah 1.9
Idaho 1.85
Minnesota 1.6
Hawaii 1.5
Iowa 1.35
Vermont 1.2
New Hampshire 1.15
7 out of 10 are blue states. Now with Vermont, the gun laws there are quite lax.
I believe an individual's attitude, mentality, and culture play bigger parts in a person committing gun crime. If you have a violent mentality, that is a big problem.
Murder and murder with a gun need to be separated, this thread is about gun violence, and we all know that bats (bluunt objects) have killed more people than long guns (rifles and shotguns) combined in 2011.......
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