Since the level of violence and gun deaths overall are quite low (and the gun laws quite lax) in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Montana, the argument in the OP is false.
The Violence Policy Center says each of the states with a high death rate has lax gun laws and higher gun ownership rates.
False. Look at New York, Illinois, and California. Very restrictive gun laws and low ownership rates compared
to the states cited above. If the VPC and you were correct, the opposite would be true. The states mentioned
at the top of this post would look like Hatfields v. McCoys (with snow tires).
The report defined states with "weak" gun laws as those that add little or nothing to federal restrictions and have permissive laws allowing civilians to carry concealed handguns.
Vermont requires no permit whatsoever for adults over 21 to carry concealed handguns. If you followed the
logic of the OP, Burlington, Vermont should make Rochester, New York look like Sunnybrook Farm
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