In fact, the six states with the highest rates of gun ownership--Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Wyoming, West Virginia and Arkansas--had more than 21,000 homicides, nearly three times as many as the four states with the lowest rates of gun ownership--Hawaii, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey.

I'm pretty sure the states listed w/ the most gun owners have a lot more people than the states listed w/ low gun ownership. More people=more murders, sad but true.