Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody speaks during a roundtable discussion at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody speaks during a roundtable discussion at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami.Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
  • Florida is a law and order state, according to the Florida AG.

  • Moody said that people watch and understand that leadership matters.

  • The affordability of housing in the state has attracted Americans to it.

Americans from blue states are moving to Florida because it's a law and order state, according to the Florida attorney general.

There is a secret in Florida. The host of Fox's Sunday Morning Futures asked why all the New Yorkers and Californians were coming to your state.

It isn't rocket science. Moody said that people watch and understand that leadership matters.

The former judge and federal prosecutor said that the legislation to target organized retail theft has made it easier to prosecute offenders. If you steal 20 or more items, through five or more separate thefts within a certain time period, you can be charged with a second degree felony.

Jimmy Patronis, the state's CFO, said that Americans have been flocking to the state because of its low taxes and business friendly policies. According to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, the state's population will average more than 300,000 net new residents a year by the year 2077.

The data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program was used to rank the states. Florida had a violent crime rate of 384.9% per 100,000 people, while California had a violent crime rate of 447.4 per 100,000 people. The violent crime rate in New York was 350.5 per 100,000.

In Florida, Moody said, we give our cops the tools they need.

She said to be aware. If you're a criminal and live in Florida, you need to leave the state because it's a law and order place.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida believes that funding would be better spent on poverty, drug addiction, and mental health if it were not for the state's tough-on-crime policy.

Representatives for the Florida Attorney General's Office didn't reply to Insider's request for comment.

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