States With the Most Guns

[Mad Brew]

Found this interesting, top 20 gun-owning states (based on NICS background checks per 100k residents). Kentucky has like ~79k! Utah is in second with 46k. Indiana doesn't even rank.

 

[KLB]

Hard to believe that Illinois is on the list

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Hard to believe that Illinois is on the list

Really? Isn't Illinois like the 5th largest state?

Outside of Chicago, Illinois blurs into Indiana.

Ever read the ISRA newspaper? Many ads for very large gun stores in Illinois.

One of the biggest gun stores I have been in is in Illinois.

Shooting Sports Equipment, Firearms, Ammo, Handguns, Shotguns and Rifles at the Mega Sports Complex in Plainfield IL

 

[Spanky46151]

I'm guessing we Hoosiers just my be a little more discreet in our revelation of gun ownership. Not even, well, especially, my wife doesn't know exactly how many I have!

 

[gunman41mag]

Can't believe FLORIDA wasn't in the top 20

 

[Rob377]

Really? Isn't Illinois like the 5th largest state?

Outside of Chicago, Illinois blurs into Indiana.

Ever read the ISRA newspaper? Many ads for very large gun stores in Illinois.

One of the biggest gun stores I have been in is in Illinois.

Shooting Sports Equipment, Firearms, Ammo, Handguns, Shotguns and Rifles at the Mega Sports Complex in Plainfield IL

Back in the dark days of my IL residency, I used to go there all the time. Nice indoor range facility. I still have a pre-paid 10 visit punch card with a few sessions left somewhere.

Bought a few guns from them, too.

It's a HUGE store. Imagine a gun store the size of a Best Buy or HHGregg. It's really that big.

 

[Birds Away]

I am doing all I can.

 

[Wild Deuce]

I'm guessing we Hoosiers just my be a little more discreet in our revelation of gun ownership.

I have to believe this is it.

 

[superjoe76]

The results were per 100,000 people... so population has nothing to do with it. I was also surprised to see Illinois on the list and not Indiana. I personally could have carried us in 2011!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I am doing all I can

We've got to do more. Too much dead weight out there not buying guns.

 

[nucone]

Since this is only #background checks per 100,000 people, it is not really a valid indicator of how many guns are actually in that state. I have purchased rifles at out of state gun shows. Further, when I purchase in-state, all I have to do is show my CCW license and it isn't even called in since the background check is already done.

 

[JettaKnight]

Really? Isn't Illinois like the 5th largest state?

Some one probably already said this, but its per capita.But it worth noting that KY has eight times as many checks as IL.

I love the Montana photo: The guy with the cheap cigar stuck in his mouth while he fires a chopped down M! carbine looks Groundskeeper Carl from Caddyshack.


Sorry guys, I rarely go through a background check since I have a C&R license. I think I only did one last year and so far only one this year.

 

[JettaKnight]

Further, when I purchase in-state, all I have to do is show my CCW license and it isn't even called in since the background check is already done.

Um, what?

The Indiana LTCH is not a replacement for the Form 4473 / NICS.

EDIT:
Oh, wait, you're from AR. Maybe there's some clarification required, but I didn't think anything but a FFL was a replacement for a Form 4473. And if you fill out a 4473, don't you have to call it in?

 

[Mosinguy]

I love the Montana photo: The guy with the cheap cigar stuck in his mouth while he fires a chopped down M! carbine looks Groundskeeper Carl from Caddyshack.

Looks like flying brass to me

 

[JettaKnight]

Looks like flying brass to me

So it is.

"Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key... "

 

[catielynnb]

I don't know which is scarier, my state being number 1, or Indiana not making the list.... Hmmmmm

 

[BowhuntnHoosier]

Don't believe it at all.............

 

[buford t justice]

The title is kind of misleading It shouldn't be gun owning states it should read gun buying states,as in currently buying as it is based on current numbers of background checks called in.

 

[Hillbillyblood]

I'm trying, I'm trying!!!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Some one probably already said this, but its per capita.

The thread is entitled "States with the Most Guns".

Illinois as the fifth largest state would stand to have a lot of guns based on the population.