States with the highest levels of gun ownership also have the lowest gun violence. States with the most aggressive anti-gun legislation overwhelmingly have the worst gun violence.

Cause and causation are not the same for both of these examples. conservative states tend to support gun rights, and they have more weapons, they also tend to be more homogenous, so its not necessarily the guns that make it safe, but a combination of these factors. there would still be violence if those gang members had 'legal' guns, too.