Hi Issy,

"But given Maines gun laws shouldn’t their murder rate be soaring?" No Issy, the problem with the Maineiac's (natives of Maine) is they have had no training with the use of guns, they don't know which end goes bang! Given their ignorance they have a habit of shooting themselves, rather than anyone else, seems they start at an early age. Added to that little conundrum Maineiac's tend to be "spaced out", not on wacky tobacky like most of the shooters and hooters, but spaced out as in distance between, which averages 5 miles, makes it hard to hit the target.