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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 years ago

Why do eight of the top ten states with the most gun crime per capita are red states?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    For a number of reasons

    Guns much too widely available

    Racism

    A culture of violence, intolerance and discrimination

    Poverty which the Republican Governors, elected by the economically poor do nothing to alleviate.

    Posses hunting for "undocumented immigrants

    High rates of alcoholism, contributing to road rage.whuich results in many gun crimes

    Inadequately funded schools, and too many students being inculcated by a culture of violence in private charter schools, and home schooling

    Violence stemming from self righteousness and fear, fired by religious fanaticism

    Hope this helps

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    now click on 'most educated' graph and it almost looks like the reverse. The exceptions seem to be that states with the most amount of gun control end up with more murder per capita than you would expect from the inverse of the 'most educated graph'. For example, florida is extremely lenient in gun control and its a good deal below the national avergae in murder per capita...but pretty low on the educated per capita.

  • 5 years ago

    it is not thoroughly actual. You do understand that maximum the blue states have lots bigger inhabitants densities? it is precisely why it' averages out bigger in blue states. yet once you investigate crime according to one hundred,000 human beings you will see that it is not all merely blue states. Alabama and Louisiana have the optimum homicide expenditures interior the country. i think of the nationwide difficulty-free is around 3 according to one hundred,000 and Alabama and Louisiana have like 7-9. Google US homicide expenditures with the help of state and additionally you will see it, additionally investigate church attendance expenditures. Alabama and Louisiana are nicely above the nationwide difficulty-free on church too, at fifty 5% attendance. With that being pronounced might or not it is undemanding for me to declare that Christians are murderers?

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Pretty sure Illinois tops the list. 491 murders so far in 2012.

    By the way, DC isn't a state you dingus.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    LOL funny. Try putting NY, NJ, CA, IL, and FL in the top 10 and maybe I'll believe you.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Look at the cities with the highest murder rate, you might actually realize something.

  • John
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Would you consider New York and California to be red states? I'm sure they would be highly disappointed

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    gun crime*? what about ALL CRIME?

    According to StateMaster.com's data, CALIFORNIA leads by far in:

    ALL Property crimes

    ALL VIOLENT crimes* = 30% HIGHER than all other states!

    *MURDER = DOUBLE all other states!

    *ROBBERY =DOUBLE all other states!

    and D.C. leads by ALMOST DOUBLE in Firearms Death per 100K.

    *D.C. leads by ALMOST DOUBLE in Firearms Death per 100K.

    Source(s): http://www.statemaster.com/cat/cri-crime&all=1 --and THANK YOU for this great link, BTW
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    And it keeps going red after that too, wow.

  • I call you out as a liar!!!

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