Gun Control & RKBA

Some parts of our country USA are doing better than others.
Violent crime index (includes violent crime + property crime)

Safest States, 6 of safer top 10 are blue states, albeit with varying gun control; the 4 safer red states have a combined population of ~4.3millions, less than half the population of new jersey (~9m). These 4 red states have low population densities, more rural, not urbanized like NJ, CN, VA.

~2022 stats: 1. 950 Vermont / 626,358 ..... 2. 956 New Hampshire / 1,321,069
3. 985 North Dakota / 704,925 ...... 4. 1,017 Maine / 1,328,535
5. 1,042 South Dakota / 834,708 .....6. 1,068 Idaho / 1,599,464
7. 1,125 Virginia / 8,185,131 ....8. 1,136 Wyoming / 575,251
9. 1,171 Connecticut / 3,592,053 ......10. 1,180 New Jersey / 8,874,374

States with the 15 highest 'most dangerous' violent crime index. The 4 'unsafer' blue states Md, Del, Nev, NM have a combined population of ~13 millions, less than half of Texas alone (30 millions).
The District of Columbia should not be included in a states list since it is a city not a state. It is included in crime reports since omitting DC would not give a complete picture of entire US crime stats.

36. 1,884 Maryland / 5,887,776 ... 37. 1,911 Georgia / 9,907,756
38. 1,938 Oklahoma / 3,818,851 .... 39. 1,941 Alabama / 4,817,678
40. 1,962 Texas / 26,092,033 .... 41. 1,974 Delaware / 917,060
42. 1,986 Alaska / 728,300 .... 43. 2,025 Arizona / 6,561,516
44. 2,065 Arkansas / 2,947,036 .... 45. 2,095 Florida / 19,361,792
46. 2,167 Louisiana / 4,601,049 .... 47. 2,180 Nevada / 2,761,584
48. 2,194 Tennessee / 6,451,365 .... 49. 2,241 New Mexico / 2,080,085
50. 2,253 South Carolina / 4,727,273 ...... 51. 3,747 District of Columbia / 633,736
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The states with the highest murder rates in the United States are Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alaska, Maryland, Oklahoma, Mississippi and North Carolina, but it is the District of Columbia that has the highest murder rate in the US, with a rate of 49.2 murder per 100,000 people.

Only Maryland (read Baltimore) is a blue state ranking 7th highest murder rate.
The District of Columbia is not a state, disregard the last sentence above it is misleading. DC has a population density of ~5,000 people per square mile. States pop densities range from ~30 to 200 (Alaska 01 tho also misleading since concentrated population).
DC only included in figures since to omit DC would not render a complete report of total US violent crime.