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This maybe a little more accurate, the article uses the number of NCIS background checks to rate number of firearms per state.
States with the most guns - The Daily Beast
Kentucky is running over 50%!!!! I'm impressed.
Poor old Indiana is only at about 10%. That's even below Illinois!
Come on, folks. Let's get out there and BUY MORE GUNS.
As the lady in Boston said, "my dear, we need not buy hats because we ladies of Boston HAVE our hats."
Don't read too much into KY number being so high. The number for KY is skewed high because IIRC KY state police does a NICS check on all CDW holders at least once a year (maybe more often)...
Somebody help me with my math here. According to the chart in post #13, does that equal an average of very roughly 1 gun for each state resident? Not including of course older guns already owned or that some are buying several guns. Just the the average I mean.
edit: Nevermind, I see what I did. Stupid public school education.
Still, that would give at least 31 million guns in the US and very likely double that.
There are a few states that at least run a NICS check on license/permits before they are issued. They can be allowed to bypass a NICS check at FFL if they present a valid license/permit. I believe that AZ does that.
Spoke to an AZ resident recently and according to him AZ doesn't require a permit to carry at all anymore..... Granted I take what everyone says with a grain of salt but could AZ be setting the standard for the rest of the states for constitutional carry??
Granted I take what everyone says with a grain of salt but could AZ be setting the standard for the rest of the states for constitutional carry??
IN doesn't require a NICS check for person to person sales. IL requires every transfer go through a FFL with a NICS check. That would probably explain some of the discrepancy.
That and see above.
There are a few states that at least run a NICS check on license/permits before they are issued. They can be allowed to bypass a NICS check at FFL if they present a valid license/permit. I believe that AZ does that.
Estimates are roughly that there are 9 firearms for every 10 people in the US. Somewhere around 290-300 million firearms in the US. And that is only the ones they know about. It doesn't include "home made" or those manufactured before they were required to inform the govt. Or military bring backs. Or....
27th!!?!? How do we get beat by Illinois!? Guns are barely even legal there.This maybe a little more accurate, the article uses the number of NCIS background checks to rate number of firearms per state.
States with the most guns - The Daily Beast
Thanks for the input! Do you know where I can find a reliable source for those stats? (I mean beside you, of course)