Meanwhile, in northern New England (VT, ME, and NH) and the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, many parts of Texas and Tennessee, and many other areas with little or no gun control and almost everyone with a gun, little or no criminal or tragic (suicides or accidents) misuse of firearms taking place.
I live in Maine.
Maine has Constitutional Carry, Open Carry, private sales of firearms, and guns are everywhere.
Yet, Maine has the lowest crime rate of any state.