Can you define "support"? If an officer said, "in my 30 year career, I saw a lot more guns stolen from hiding places than from safes", would that "support" the idea that safes work better than hiding? I would say so, no? I did tree work for 20 years. If I say, "in 20 years of cutting trees, I saw more rotten red maples than rotten white oaks", does that "support" the idea that red maples tend to rot more easily than white oaks? It doesn't prove it conclusively, but it sorta lends "support" to the notion I think.