<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">They must have cooked the data, or reported absolute numbers, rather than adjusting for population by reporting rate per 100,000 population. Here's the murder rates per 100,000 from the 2008 FBI Uniform Crime Reports, by state.<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/index.html">http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/index.html</a></span><br><br>Louis. 8.84<br>Maryland 8.75<br>Missouri 7.70<br>Alab. 7.25<br>S. Carolina 6.79<br>N.M. 6.75<br>Tenn. 6.56<br>Del. 6.53<br>N. Carolina 6.35<br>Georgia 6.34<br>Nev. 6.27<br>Miss. 6.26<br>Ariz. 6.23<br>Calif. 5.83<br>Okl. 5.82<br>Tex. 5.64<br>Penn. 5.62<br>Ark. 5.50<br>Mich. 5.36<br><br>And Idaho? 45th 1.51. You're safest in North Dakota 0.45. Stay out of the South.<br><br>Ron Force<br>Moscow ID USA<br><div
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