Gun Laws Strictness vs. Murder Rate in US States

We plotted the Murder Rate [1] vs. the Strictness of Gun Laws [2] per each State of the USA:

 

 

There is no correlation between how strict gun laws are and the murder rate, showing no causality exists.

References:

[1] World Population Review. Murder Rate by State 2022.

[2] World Population Review. Strictest Gun Laws by State.