The following is based upon 1990 FBI UCRs (Uniform Crime Reports) and the CCW Survey from 1/92 (Conducted by a gentleman in rec.guns). The tables show that in EVERY CRIME CATEGORY the most violent states have a lower average gun rights index and that in all categories except rape, the states with the lowest gun rights have the highest average crime rates. These tables do not prove that guns stop crime: they do, however, suggest that GUN CONTROL DOES NOT REDUCE CRIME. I'll go further and state that I think it suggests that gun control might INCREASE crime: further study, scientificaly valid, is warranted and I plan to do so [I have not yet decided exactly how to do that, but it's beginning to look like a 2 year project 8^(]. NOTE: rates are in crimes per 100,000 people, unless otherwise specified. SORTED BY CRIME INDEX TOTAL **************************** Gun Crime Vio- Prop- Homi- Rape Rights Index lent erty cide Index* Total Crime Crime **' **'' Average for: Top third 55 6850.3 902.4 5947.9 14.2 49.1 Middle third 60 5238.9 562.7 4676.3 6.8 42.7 Bottom third 71 3830.7 250.4 3580.3 4.4 27.7 DC D. C. 0 10774.3 2458.2 8316.0 77.8 49.9 FL Florida 54 8810.8 1244.3 7566.5 10.7 52.4 AZ Arizona 66 7888.7 652.4 7236.4 7.7 40.9 TX Texas 33 7826.8 761.4 7065.3 14.1 51.5 GA Georgia 76 6763.6 756.3 6007.3 11.8 53.6 NM New Mexico 66 6684.1 780.2 5903.9 9.2 49.7 CA California 42 6603.6 1045.2 5558.4 11.9 42.6 LA Louisiana 88 6486.7 898.4 5588.2 17.2 42.2 NY New York 43 6363.8 1180.9 5182.8 14.5 29.8 WA Washington 78 6222.9 501.6 5721.3 4.9 64.0 HI Hawaii 50 6106.7 280.9 5825.8 4.0 32.5 NV Nevada 83 6063.6 600.9 5462.7 9.7 62.2 CO Colorado 65 6053.7 526.0 5527.8 4.2 46.2 SC S. Carolina 67 6045.2 976.6 5068.7 11.2 53.7 MI Michigan 66 5994.8 790.4 5204.4 10.4 77.6 IL Illinois 7 5935.1 967.4 4967.7 10.3 39.4 MD Maryland 56 5830.5 919.0 4911.5 11.5 45.7 UT Utah 44 5659.9 283.9 5376.0 3.0 37.8 OR Oregon 71 5646.0 506.8 5139.2 3.8 46.9 OK Oklahoma 66 5598.7 547.5 5051.2 8.0 47.0 NC N. Carolina 52 5485.9 623.5 4862.3 10.7 34.3 NJ New Jersey 45 5447.2 647.6 4799.7 5.6 29.8 CT Connecticut 69 5386.7 553.7 4833.0 5.1 27.9 DE Delaware 83 5360.4 655.2 4705.1 5.0 88.1 RI Rhode Island 72 5352.7 431.9 4920.8 4.8 24.7 MA Massachusetts 54 5297.9 736.3 4561.5 4.0 33.7 KS Kansas 66 5193.1 447.7 4745.4 4.0 40.4 AK Alaska 66 5152.7 524.5 4628.2 7.5 72.9 MO Missouri 58 5120.6 715.3 4405.3 8.8 32.5 TN Tennessee 28 5051.0 670.4 4380.6 10.5 49.5 AL Alabama 77 4915.2 708.6 4206.7 11.6 32.6 AR Arkansas 33 4866.9 532.2 4334.7 10.3 43.3 OH Ohio 55 4843.4 506.2 4337.3 6.1 46.8 IN Indiana 79 4683.3 473.9 4209.4 6.2 37.9 MN Minnesota 61 4538.8 306.1 4232.7 2.7 34.0 MT Montana 83 4502.1 159.3 4342.8 4.9 24.4 VA Virginia 62 4440.6 350.6 4090.0 8.8 31.0 WI Wisconsin 66 4395.1 264.7 4130.4 4.6 20.7 VT Vermont 99 4340.9 127.2 4213.7 2.3 25.9 NE Nebraska 66 4213.1 330.0 3883.1 2.7 30.0 WY Wyoming 69 4210.6 301.4 3909.3 4.9 29.5 IA Iowa 46 4100.9 299.7 3801.2 1.9 18.4 ID Idaho 77 4057.1 275.7 3781.4 2.7 27.3 MS Mississippi 69 3869.1 340.4 3528.8 12.2 44.1 ME Maine 84 3697.8 143.2 3554.5 2.4 19.7 NH New Hampshire 81 3645.2 131.5 3513.7 1.9 34.8 PA Pennsylvania 80 3476.1 431.0 3045.1 6.7 25.8 KY Kentucky 66 3299.4 390.4 2909.1 7.2 29.0 ND N. Dakota 50 2922.4 73.9 2848.5 0.8 17.8 SD S. Dakota 83 2909.3 162.8 2746.5 2.0 34.3 WV W. Virginia 72 2503.0 169.3 2333.7 5.7 23.6 Gun Robb- Aggra- Burg- Theft Motor Rights ery vated lary Vehicle Index* Assault Theft Average for: Top third 55 317.4 521.7 1455.9 3791.7 699.2 Middle third 60 156.9 356.5 1130.8 3007.1 538.4 Bottom third 71 54.4 164.0 769.4 2578.4 232.5 DC D. C. 0 1213.5 1117.0 1983.0 4996.9 1336.1 FL Florida 54 416.8 764.4 2170.6 4569.6 826.3 AZ Arizona 66 160.9 442.8 1669.9 4703.0 863.5 TX Texas 33 260.8 435.1 1851.5 4304.7 909.0 GA Georgia 76 263.5 427.4 1619.4 3714.3 673.6 NM New Mexico 66 115.1 606.2 1738.7 3828.5 336.7 CA California 42 377.0 613.6 1345.4 3197.5 1015.5 LA Louisiana 88 269.8 569.2 1437.9 3548.6 601.7 NY New York 43 624.7 512.0 1160.7 2979.4 1024.7 WA Washington 78 130.0 302.7 1262.9 4011.4 447.1 HI Hawaii 50 91.4 153.0 1228.2 4217.1 380.5 NV Nevada 83 238.3 290.7 1367.4 3502.7 592.5 CO Colorado 65 90.6 385.0 1208.8 3890.6 428.4 SC S. Carolina 67 152.4 759.3 1380.4 3302.4 385.8 MI Michigan 66 234.0 468.4 1143.3 3347.4 713.7 IL Illinois 7 394.0 523.6 1063.0 3262.0 642.8 MD Maryland 56 363.8 497.9 1119.9 3082.9 708.7 UT Utah 44 59.9 186.3 880.6 4257.6 237.7 OR Oregon 71 144.3 311.8 1135.4 3545.2 458.6 OK Oklahoma 66 121.9 370.5 1447.5 3002.0 601.7 NC N. Carolina 52 152.1 426.4 1530.4 3048.3 283.7 NJ New Jersey 45 301.0 311.1 1017.2 2843.0 939.5 CT Connecticut 69 234.8 286.0 1227.7 2874.4 730.9 DE Delaware 83 164.8 397.3 970.5 3290.8 443.9 RI Rhode Island 72 122.0 280.4 1271.1 2695.3 954.4 MA Massachusetts 54 217.1 481.4 1112.7 2525.3 923.6 KS Kansas 66 117.6 285.7 1166.5 3243.5 335.4 AK Alaska 66 76.7 367.4 894.3 3168.5 565.4 MO Missouri 58 216.4 457.6 1065.8 2800.2 539.4 TN Tennessee 28 191.2 419.2 1264.0 2545.1 571.5 AL Alabama 77 143.7 520.7 1103.4 2755.4 347.8 AR Arkansas 33 113.2 365.4 1210.9 2834.4 289.4 OH Ohio 55 188.5 264.7 982.5 2864.1 490.6 IN Indiana 79 101.3 328.4 943.3 2827.1 439.0 MN Minnesota 61 92.7 176.7 907.2 2959.9 365.6 MT Montana 83 21.7 108.4 709.1 3391.2 242.5 VA Virginia 62 123.3 187.6 731.1 3031.4 327.5 WI Wisconsin 66 112.7 126.7 751.4 2962.6 416.5 VT Vermont 99 11.7 87.2 1087.3 2918.5 207.9 NE Nebraska 66 51.1 246.2 723.8 2981.1 178.2 WY Wyoming 69 15.9 251.1 631.0 3129.3 149.0 IA Iowa 46 39.2 240.1 808.4 2822.9 169.9 ID Idaho 77 15.0 230.7 813.2 2802.7 165.5 MS Mississippi 69 86.2 198.0 1251.2 2070.0 207.6 ME Maine 84 25.1 96.0 823.0 2554.9 176.6 NH New Hampshire 81 27.2 67.6 735.5 2534.2 244.0 PA Pennsylvania 80 176.2 222.3 729.1 1810.5 505.5 KY Kentucky 66 69.1 285.2 766.9 1942.7 199.4 ND N. Dakota 50 7.8 47.4 426.6 2288.8 133.1 SD S. Dakota 83 12.4 114.1 527.4 2108.9 110.2 WV W. Virginia 72 37.9 102.1 657.1 1522.7 153.9 SORTED BY CRIME GUN RIGHTS INDEX ******************************** Gun Crime Vio- Prop- Homi- Rape Rights Index lent erty cide Index* Total Crime Crime **' **'' Average for: Top third 41 5995.7 778.3 5217.4 12.2 38.5 Middle third 66 5181.5 517.5 4664.0 7.0 41.6 Bottom third 80 4742.7 419.6 4323.1 6.1 39.3 D. C. 0 10774.3 2458.2 8316.0 77.8 49.9 Illinois 7 5935.1 967.4 4967.7 10.3 39.4 Tennessee 28 5051.0 670.4 4380.6 10.5 49.5 Texas 33 7826.8 761.4 7065.3 14.1 51.5 Arkansas 33 4866.9 532.2 4334.7 10.3 43.3 California 42 6603.6 1045.2 5558.4 11.9 42.6 New York 43 6363.8 1180.9 5182.8 14.5 29.8 Utah 44 5659.9 283.9 5376.0 3.0 37.8 New Jersey 45 5447.2 647.6 4799.7 5.6 29.8 Iowa 46 4100.9 299.7 3801.2 1.9 18.4 N. Dakota 50 2922.4 73.9 2848.5 0.8 17.8 Hawaii 50 6106.7 280.9 5825.8 4.0 32.5 N. Carolina 52 5485.9 623.5 4862.3 10.7 34.3 Florida 54 8810.8 1244.3 7566.5 10.7 52.4 Massachusetts 54 5297.9 736.3 4561.5 4.0 33.7 Ohio 55 4843.4 506.2 4337.3 6.1 46.8 Maryland 56 5830.5 919.0 4911.5 11.5 45.7 Missouri 58 5120.6 715.3 4405.3 8.8 32.5 Minnesota 61 4538.8 306.1 4232.7 2.7 34.0 Virginia 62 4440.6 350.6 4090.0 8.8 31.0 Colorado 65 6053.7 526.0 5527.8 4.2 46.2 New Mexico 66 6684.1 780.2 5903.9 9.2 49.7 Kentucky 66 3299.4 390.4 2909.1 7.2 29.0 Oklahoma 66 5598.7 547.5 5051.2 8.0 47.0 Wisconsin 66 4395.1 264.7 4130.4 4.6 20.7 Alaska 66 5152.7 524.5 4628.2 7.5 72.9 Arizona 66 7888.7 652.4 7236.4 7.7 40.9 Nebraska 66 4213.1 330.0 3883.1 2.7 30.0 Kansas 66 5193.1 447.7 4745.4 4.0 40.4 Michigan 66 5994.8 790.4 5204.4 10.4 77.6 S. Carolina 67 6045.2 976.6 5068.7 11.2 53.7 Connecticut 69 5386.7 553.7 4833.0 5.1 27.9 Mississippi 69 3869.1 340.4 3528.8 12.2 44.1 Wyoming 69 4210.6 301.4 3909.3 4.9 29.5 Oregon 71 5646.0 506.8 5139.2 3.8 46.9 Rhode Island 72 5352.7 431.9 4920.8 4.8 24.7 W. Virginia 72 2503.0 169.3 2333.7 5.7 23.6 Georgia 76 6763.6 756.3 6007.3 11.8 53.6 Alabama 77 4915.2 708.6 4206.7 11.6 32.6 Idaho 77 4057.1 275.7 3781.4 2.7 27.3 Washington 78 6222.9 501.6 5721.3 4.9 64.0 Indiana 79 4683.3 473.9 4209.4 6.2 37.9 Pennsylvania 80 3476.1 431.0 3045.1 6.7 25.8 New Hampshire 81 3645.2 131.5 3513.7 1.9 34.8 Delaware 83 5360.4 655.2 4705.1 5.0 88.1 Nevada 83 6063.6 600.9 5462.7 9.7 62.2 S. Dakota 83 2909.3 162.8 2746.5 2.0 34.3 Montana 83 4502.1 159.3 4342.8 4.9 24.4 Maine 84 3697.8 143.2 3554.5 2.4 19.7 Louisiana 88 6486.7 898.4 5588.2 17.2 42.2 Vermont 99 4340.9 127.2 4213.7 2.3 25.9 Gun Robb- Aggra- Burg- Theft Motor Rights ery vated lary Vehicle Index* Assault Theft Average for: Top third 41 294.8 432.9 1244.4 3331.7 640.2 Middle third 66 121.8 347.1 1100.3 3131.6 432.0 Bottom third 80 112.1 262.2 1011.4 2913.8 397.9 D. C. 0 1213.5 1117.0 1983.0 4996.9 1336.1 Illinois 7 394.0 523.6 1063.0 3262.0 642.8 Tennessee 28 191.2 419.2 1264.0 2545.1 571.5 Texas 33 260.8 435.1 1851.5 4304.7 909.0 Arkansas 33 113.2 365.4 1210.9 2834.4 289.4 California 42 377.0 613.6 1345.4 3197.5 1015.5 New York 43 624.7 512.0 1160.7 2979.4 1024.7 Utah 44 59.9 186.3 880.6 4257.6 237.7 New Jersey 45 301.0 311.1 1017.2 2843.0 939.5 Iowa 46 39.2 240.1 808.4 2822.9 169.9 N. Dakota 50 7.8 47.4 426.6 2288.8 133.1 Hawaii 50 91.4 153.0 1228.2 4217.1 380.5 N. Carolina 52 152.1 426.4 1530.4 3048.3 283.7 Florida 54 416.8 764.4 2170.6 4569.6 826.3 Massachusetts 54 217.1 481.4 1112.7 2525.3 923.6 Ohio 55 188.5 264.7 982.5 2864.1 490.6 Maryland 56 363.8 497.9 1119.9 3082.9 708.7 Missouri 58 216.4 457.6 1065.8 2800.2 539.4 Minnesota 61 92.7 176.7 907.2 2959.9 365.6 Virginia 62 123.3 187.6 731.1 3031.4 327.5 Colorado 65 90.6 385.0 1208.8 3890.6 428.4 New Mexico 66 115.1 606.2 1738.7 3828.5 336.7 Kentucky 66 69.1 285.2 766.9 1942.7 199.4 Oklahoma 66 121.9 370.5 1447.5 3002.0 601.7 Wisconsin 66 112.7 126.7 751.4 2962.6 416.5 Alaska 66 76.7 367.4 894.3 3168.5 565.4 Arizona 66 160.9 442.8 1669.9 4703.0 863.5 Nebraska 66 51.1 246.2 723.8 2981.1 178.2 Kansas 66 117.6 285.7 1166.5 3243.5 335.4 Michigan 66 234.0 468.4 1143.3 3347.4 713.7 S. Carolina 67 152.4 759.3 1380.4 3302.4 385.8 Connecticut 69 234.8 286.0 1227.7 2874.4 730.9 Mississippi 69 86.2 198.0 1251.2 2070.0 207.6 Wyoming 69 15.9 251.1 631.0 3129.3 149.0 Oregon 71 144.3 311.8 1135.4 3545.2 458.6 Rhode Island 72 122.0 280.4 1271.1 2695.3 954.4 W. Virginia 72 37.9 102.1 657.1 1522.7 153.9 Georgia 76 263.5 427.4 1619.4 3714.3 673.6 Alabama 77 143.7 520.7 1103.4 2755.4 347.8 Idaho 77 15.0 230.7 813.2 2802.7 165.5 Washington 78 130.0 302.7 1262.9 4011.4 447.1 Indiana 79 101.3 328.4 943.3 2827.1 439.0 Pennsylvania 80 176.2 222.3 729.1 1810.5 505.5 New Hampshire 81 27.2 67.6 735.5 2534.2 244.0 Delaware 83 164.8 397.3 970.5 3290.8 443.9 Nevada 83 238.3 290.7 1367.4 3502.7 592.5 S. Dakota 83 12.4 114.1 527.4 2108.9 110.2 Montana 83 21.7 108.4 709.1 3391.2 242.5 Maine 84 25.1 96.0 823.0 2554.9 176.6 Louisiana 88 269.8 569.2 1437.9 3548.6 601.7 Vermont 99 11.7 87.2 1087.3 2918.5 207.9 Tables compiled by Andrew W. Ford - forda@agcs.com * see ccw_survey. **' Murder and non-negligent manslaughter. IOW unjustified, intentional killings. **'' Attempted Rape plus Rape. Stats for Illinois are estimated - reporting error. see crime_definitions for descriptions of crimes (in UCRs). -- Most people seem to think that trampling individual rights is OK if it is "for the good of society as a whole." However, society is but a large number of individuals, and how can harming the individual parts better the whole? - Andrew Ford -- forda@agcs.com -- (INFP)