Top 3 worst gun states---and #1 is????

[Silence Dogood]

All I have to say is a NJ gun owner is not the same as a PA/TN gun owner---for the most part. It seems when I talk to numerous NJ gun owners they're okay with certain training requirements, permits and other onerous regulations. Mention that to a PA gun owner and you'll be excoriated..

NFW

[SIGFAN86]

All I have to say is a NJ gun owner is not the same as a PA/TN gun owner---for the most part. It seems when I talk to numerous NJ gun owners they're okay with certain training requirements, permits and other onerous regulations. Mention that to a PA gun owner and you'll be excoriated..

I'm a former nj resident who had to go through the double background check crap they make you do. It was just another way to make people wait for 3 months before getting any firearm. The day I got my full pa drivers license I submitted my paperwork for ltcf and bought a sig p320 just to celebrate my escape from hell

[Hokkmike]

Here are some stats on the most heavily armed states... Take it for what you will...

1, Kentucky
Population:4,314,113
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents (Dec. 2008 – May 2010): 134,028

2, Utah
Population:2,784,572
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 30,315

3, Montana
Population:974,989
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 25,745

4, Wyoming
Population:544,270
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 22,827

5, Alaska
Population:698,473
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 22,273

6, West Virginia
Population:1,819,777
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 21,455

7, South Dakota
Population:812,383
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 19,062

8, North Dakota
Population:646,844
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 17,829

9, Arkansas
Population:2,889,450
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 17,483

10, Alabama
Population:4,708,708
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 16,860

11, Tennessee
Population: 6,296,254
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 16,684

12, Oklahoma
Population: 3,687,050
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 15,801

13, Idaho
Population: 1,545,801
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 15,764

14, Colorado
Population: 5,024,748
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 15,086

15, Missouri
Population: 5,987,580
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 14,712

16, New Hampshire
Population: 1,324,575
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 14,522

17, Mississippi
Population: 2,951,996
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 14,165

18, Illinois
Population: 12,910,409
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 13,879

19, Connecticut
Population: 3,518,288
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 13,783

20, New Mexico
Population: 2,009,671
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 13,408

21, Louisiana
Population: 4,492,076
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 13,329

22, Minnesota
Population: 5,266,214
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 13,285

23, Kansas
Population: 2,818,747
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 12,516

24, Washington
Population: 6,664,195
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 12,508

25, Pennsylvania
Population: 12,604,767
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 12,449

26, Oregon
Population: 3,825,657
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 12,059

27, Indiana
Population: 6,423,113
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 11,614

28, South Carolina
Population: 4,561,242
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 11,578

29, Maine
Population: 1,318,301
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 11,528

30, Virginia
Population: 7,882,590
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 10,134

31, Iowa
Population: 3,007,856
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 10,127

32, Nevada
Population: 2,643,085
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 10,115

33, Texas
Population: 24,782,302
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 9,936

34, North Carolina
Population: 9,380,884
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 9,411

35, Vermont
Population: 621,760
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 9,366

36, Georgia
Population: 9,829,211
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 9,200

37, Michigan
Population: 9,969,727
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 9,030

38, Wisconsin
Population: 5,654,774
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 8,534

39, Ohio
Population: 11,542,645
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 8,491

40, Nebraska
Population: 1,796,619
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 8,081

41, Arizona
Population: 6,595,778
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 7,954

42, Florida
Population: 18,537,969
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 7,510

43, Delaware
Population: 885,122
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 5,636

44, California
Population: 36,961,664
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 5,444

45, Maryland
Population: 5,699,478
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 4,040

46, Massachusetts
Population: 6,593,587
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 3,796

47, Rhode Island
Population: 1,053,209
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 3,504

48, New York
Population: 19,541,453
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 3,047

49, Hawaii
Population: 1,295,178
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 2,031

50, New Jersey
Population: 8,707,739
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 1,536

51, Washington, D.C.
Population: 599,657
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 155

[gghbi]

Here are some stats on the most heavily armed states... Take it for what you will...

Don't forget there are states where a carry permit exempts some folks from NICs so that may change a few positions, but not for the anti states at the bottom.

From the BATFE: Are there transfers that are exempt from the NICS background check requirement?

Firearm transfers are exempt from the requirement for a NICS background check in three situations. These include transfers: (1) to transferees having a State permit that has been recognized by ATF as an alternative to a NICS check; (2) of National Firearms Act weapons to persons approved by ATF; and (3) certified by ATF as exempt because compliance with the NICS background check requirement is impracticable.

[18 U.S.C. 922(t); 27 CFR 478.102(d)]
Last Reviewed September 23, 2016

https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regula...y-permit-chart

[clarencecoffee]

Kentucky is skewed as they do a NICS check monthly on every concealed carry license.
Utah has a huge number of non resident carry licenses

Wyoming,Montana and Alaska? They just have a lot of gun nuts.

[Pittsburgh Pete]

New Jersey is also the # 1 state for people moving to Pennsylvania. New York is # 2.

Data from 2015 which was the last available year-

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/04...ve_pennsy.html

[markshere2]

Ohio allows FTF handgun sales with no paperwork as do many other places.

PA forces paperwork on handgun sales between individuals.

with today's mobile population and different NICS rules in different places, it's like comparing apples and orangutans.

[ungawa]

NJ, Hawaii, and MD are worst for carry, in decreasing order.

Normal people do carry in New York depending on where they live. It is possible in MD depending on profession. But most can't. NJ and HI are right out. MD has weird AWB laws like NY, perhaps not as bad, not sure. But most MD residents can never get a carry permit, and that puts them in the bottom 3 IMO.

[Statkowski]

And when subjects from New Jersey or Maryland cross the frontier and see citizens of Pennsylvania open carrying? That must eat at their innards, or make them leave a puddle.

[knight0334]

And when subjects from New Jersey or Maryland cross the frontier and see citizens of Pennsylvania open carrying? That must eat at their innards, or make them leave a puddle.

One time I and my then GF's boss nearly made a couple LEO's from NJ leave a puddle..

About 12 years ago there was a restaurant called Maxwell Street near the mall in DuBois that I ate at nearly every day due to a GF working there. ...well I was already at the counter to order when a couple LEO's from NJ came walking in. ..they hadn't seen my OC'd 1911 until I moved up to bullshit over the counter with the GF and her boss. At that moment I saw my GF's boss's eyes open up wide towards the LEO's. ....they had apparently went to DEFCON 2 after noticing my gun - hands on guns in holsters and taking a Weaver stance. I then eased my head towards them, saw what was going on, saw their uniforms/badges, and said "Easy guys, you aren't in Jersey anymore." Then my GF's boss reached down and pulled up an AK(BTW - he was still in Army National Guard between tours). They nearly shit themselves..

The boss chilled them out though with some smooth talking and jokes. Those two officers finally eased up and realized their situation. They ended up sitting adjacent to me and we struck up conversation. They weren't used to seeing normal folks OC, but they really weren't against it either. They were being sent to I think Ohio or Indiana to pick up an extradition.