So? By your own admission, intentionally excluding DC, red states don't lock out blue states for the most violence. What do Alaska and New Mexico have in comm

So? By your own admission, intentionally excluding DC, red states don't lock out blue states for the most violence. What do Alaska and New Mexico have in common that makes them such dangerous places? It doesn't seem like it's their politics. Utah, a deeply red state, is one of the ten safest states. Politically Utah looks a lot more like that deep south than Vermont, another extremely safe state.