The following has been submitted by VTguns@aol.com

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/topic-pages/tables/table-5

The three lowest violent crime rate states in the USA in 2018 per FBI statistics recently released. Violent crime rate per 100,000 in state population

Maine 112.1

Vermont 172.0

New
Hampshire 173.3

States bordering VT

Massachusetts 338.1

New York 350.5

If gun control laws made citizens safe, MA and NY would not have violent crime rates that far exceed those of ME, VT and NH.