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Originally Posted by Porn Farmer
I think you just made that statistic up.
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He did. In fact, major crime is higher in red states. You can find the full write up on all the crime statistics on the FBI site:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/pdf/03sec2.pdf
This guy actually charted out the crimes from the FBI data and came up with this:
http://www.itaffectsyou.org/blog/images/burglary.png
http://www.itaffectsyou.org/blog/images/murder.png
http://www.itaffectsyou.org/blog/images/larceny.png
Truth is that crime is fundamentally a poverty/education issue. The lower the education level, and the lower the income levels, the higher the crime rates. Red states typically have higher poverty levels and lower education levels. Religion is typically a scapegoat to fill the void of their inadequacies.