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[quote=Anonymous]Crime is sociological in nature. It’s very complex, and I wouldn’t compare such broad categories as “homicides” in general across states.  Not if firearms and their influence are your primary concerns. You need to narrow it to firearm related deaths then look at the homicide, accident, suicide rates.

Because homicide data is vague.  Why is it higher in one state than another? Or one city over another? Much of it is environment driven. Wealth, substance abuse, mental health, relationships.

For example, maybe one state has a much higher domestic violence rate than the other. One state may have more stranger violence. Another state may have organized crime or gangs. It also matters whether murder was committed during the commission of another crime, because often it can be committed merely to complete the initial crime, such as rape. Rural vs. urban population ratios matter, too. There is generally more crime per capita in densely populated areas. For one, it just gets reported more often.

Finally, the FBI is in transition in its Uniform Crime Reports data collection from its SRS to its NIBRS data sets, and not all states and reporting agencies are fully compliant. So it may not be apples to apples. Yet. I believe full compliance is expected next year. And it looks like the CDC stats are pulling from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports stats. [/quote]

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