Note that you didn't answer the question about which state has zero shoplifting.

> Many states are completely able to stop shoplifters.

In your defense, you didn't claim zero explicitly (but did heavily imply it), but you also ignored the question

No state has zero, many have very much less than others and do not see need to close stored due to loss or lock up basics behind plastic doors. Living in a few states in close succession really shows it off. Living in CA desensitizes you to it, until you go somewhere else and realize just how much desensitized to it you've become.