OK, so now we get to play "compared to what?" OP is about murder rate, not gun violence rate. (2011): National rate: 4.7 Northeast rate: 3.9 MA rate: 2.8 NH r

OK, so now we get to play "compared to what?" OP is about murder rate, not gun violence rate. (2011): National rate: 4.7 Northeast rate: 3.9 MA rate: 2.8 NH rate: 1.3 MA's rate is lower than the national average and lower than the Northeast regional average, but more than double than NH's average. My argument is that NH has a particularly low murder rate because it doesn't really have any big cities--the populated areas are mostly suburban. High murder rates correlate with high population density (and poverty). If the nearby metropolis of Boston were inside NH's borders, then I think NH would have the higher murder rate. Do you disagree with that assessment?