Yes, you are usually right about that. In the USA pro-gun control usually equals soft on crime. The left has moved to positively adoring criminals, especially racial minorities.
Very different in in Singapore. It is a gun hating country with severe punishment of criminals (possible death penalty for armed robbery, a fantastic idea in my opinion).
It also has a miniscule crime rate.
Not an especially free country though.
I want both freedom and severe punishment for violent crime. Being menaced by criminals definitely does not enhance freedom.