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Nope. Itās guns and poverty. Your posts sounds like an ignorant racist - rise above that man. Read the article or at least have someone read the piece below I posted.red states have large black populations blacks like popping caps on each other apparently

Why Does Louisiana Consistently Lead the Nation in Murders? (Published 2021)
It has problems common to several Southern states, like a high rate of poverty, but also an inheritance of violence.
A higher share of murders has been committed via firearm in Louisiana compared with the national average every year since at least 1985, with a firearm being the weapon used in 84 percent of murders in Louisiana in 2019 (compared with 74 percent nationally). Louisiana also has the highest rate of firearms recovered and traced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (A.T.F.), suggesting a high rate of illegal or stolen weapons in the state.
āLots of illegal or stolen weapons, an illegal system in trafficking in weapons, plus drugs and narcotics, produce this lethal mixture,ā said Mr. Morial, who lamented a lack of effort by the state government to address gun violence. āLook at the Legislature to see how many criminal laws versus efforts to address homelessness there have been. The stateās response is more of the same rather than addressing whatās driving it.ā