"Romney was talking out of his ass" for 200, Alex.

households for raising murderers.


edit to add -- He's talking out of his ass. Again.

Here's the data from 2010, the most recent year available..

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10shrtbl10.xls

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Relationship*..........Number
Husband...................110
Wife......................603
Mother....................107
Father....................135
Son.......................256
Daughter..................197
Brother....................88
Sister.....................19
Other Family..............287
Acquaintance............2,723
Friend....................396
Boyfriend.................131
Girlfriend................492
...
Stranger................1,615
Unknown.................5,724
[/font]

* Relationship is that of victim to offender.

If you add up all the 'family' categories (1,802), it's still less than 'acquaintance' (not to mention unknown).

eta: added friend, boyfriend, and girlfriend

When it comes to women. So when you add those together, yeah its the biggest reason women get murdered.
Because of a man liking / loving them. Not true for men.

Wannabe boyfriend / stalker? Can't really say.

In a majority of murders, the relationship can't be determined. The second most prevalent relationship is 'acquaintance' -- read drug dealer, rival drug dealer (after all they're acquaintances).

I'm sure stalker is probably in the mix, but not sure it's been quantified.

Including guys who admired from afar, exs or one time dates who stalk, etc then it becomes the top reason women are murdered. For men drug dealers, robberies etc are much more common. Not so with women.

Very important

... because he doesn't have a position, and he knows the voters he's trying to attract are on both sides of this issue.