"Guam? Twice as many as DC? IT'S A GONNA' TIP OVER!"
WOW! CA & IL (2 worst for gun control) were the big bombers.
California 1,132,603
Illinois 1,036,061...
I'm surprised that that many were purchased in CT, considering a total population of 3.5 million.
Someone that I know in PA (cough) has purchased two guns at a time, three times in 2012 in PA. Anyways ... A better measure would be the percentage of the adult population that purchased a gun in 2012.
Concealed handgun permit holders have monthly NICS checks ran on them in Kentucky. Hence, the numbers for Kentucky are overinflated.
The numbers for other states are under-reported as there are alternatives to NCIS.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics/general-information/nics-participation-map-as-of-april-2011
Go Kentucky!!
You’ll never get those guns from those old boys in the hills.
Wow. Impressive.
Ever since Louisville beat Florida, it has sounded like a war zone here in the state. The celebratory gunfire should die down in a few days.
Go Cats!, Go Cards!
Neither Guam nor D.C. is a state...
| State | Guns/1000 People | Population | #Guns |
| Kentucky | 596.71 | 4339367 | 2589358 |
| Montana | 135.89 | 989415 | 134455 |
| North_Dakota | 126.18 | 672591 | 84867 |
| West_Virginia | 121.74 | 1852994 | 225580 |
| Alaska | 120.16 | 710231 | 85342 |
| Wyoming | 112.41 | 563626 | 63356 |
| South_Dakota | 108.63 | 814180 | 88447 |
| Oklahoma | 98.09 | 3751351 | 367976 |
| New_Hampshire | 97.36 | 1316470 | 128178 |
| Alabama | 90.25 | 4779736 | 431356 |
| Idaho | 87.07 | 1567582 | 136482 |
| Missouri | 85.71 | 5988927 | 513303 |
| Arkansas | 84.43 | 2915918 | 246193 |
| Utah | 83.58 | 2763885 | 230999 |
| Minnesota | 83.14 | 5303925 | 440992 |
| Tennessee | 82.59 | 6346105 | 524122 |
| Wisconsin | 82.53 | 5686986 | 469375 |
| Colorado | 82.49 | 5029196 | 414838 |
| Illinois | 80.75 | 12830632 | 1036061 |
| Washington | 77.21 | 6724540 | 519209 |
| Pennsylvania | 76.25 | 12702379 | 968534 |
| Mississippi | 74.92 | 2967297 | 222297 |
| Kansas | 73.94 | 2853118 | 210972 |
| Indiana | 73.35 | 6483802 | 475607 |
| Louisiana | 71.98 | 4533372 | 326290 |
| Oregon | 69.70 | 3831074 | 267041 |
| New_Mexico | 69.65 | 2059179 | 143419 |
| Maine | 69.13 | 1328361 | 91834 |
| South_Carolina | 66.68 | 4625364 | 308408 |
| Connecticut | 66.45 | 3574097 | 237496 |
| Texas | 57.11 | 25145561 | 1436132 |
| Virginia | 56.09 | 8001024 | 448754 |
| Vermont | 55.15 | 625741 | 34507 |
| Ohio | 54.54 | 11536504 | 629215 |
| Nevada | 54.20 | 2700551 | 146363 |
| Arizona | 53.14 | 6392017 | 339663 |
| North_Carolina | 51.31 | 9535483 | 489307 |
| Iowa | 48.48 | 3046355 | 147700 |
| Georgia | 48.06 | 9687653 | 465560 |
| Nebraska | 47.01 | 1826341 | 85860 |
| Florida | 44.38 | 18801310 | 834319 |
| Michigan | 43.55 | 9883640 | 430405 |
| Delaware | 34.22 | 897934 | 30724 |
| Massachusetts | 32.14 | 6547629 | 210453 |
| California | 30.40 | 37253956 | 1132603 |
| Maryland | 23.66 | 5773552 | 136604 |
| Rhode_Island | 22.85 | 1052567 | 24050 |
| New_York | 17.47 | 19378102 | 338619 |
| Hawaii | 12.81 | 1360301 | 17428 |
| New_Jersey | 9.76 | 8791894 | 85851 |
| Guam | 5.84 | 159358 | 930 |
| Puerto_Rico | 4.17 | 3725789 | 15545 |
| District_of_Columbia | 0.75 | 601723 | 449 |
Lexington, KY. Home of Bud's Gun Shop.
If I were in the same state as Bud's, I would probably own 200 guns by now. LOL.