Firearms Ownership by State

[USMC-03]

Interesting list; a few pleasant surprises but mostly in line with what I expected.

Gun map: Ownership by state

Which state has the highest proportion of gun owners? Here's what we know.

www.cbsnews.com

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[partsed]

Somewhat surprised by some of the rankings….

 

[Xaevian]

We're number one! We're number one! Let's go Brandon!

 

[Nosferatu]

Florida surprised me the most. I think a lot of them probably couldn't read the questionnaire, so it got pasted to an old shootin' car and blasted with the .410.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

Some choice photos in this article: gang arrests, illegal guns, Sandy Hook, gun "buyback", "Unite the Right", civilian paramilitary group, McKloskeys … no bias here.

Interesting to see Oregon around 51%. I'm guessing these numbers are all lower-bound estimates, considering many are reluctant to disclose firearm ownership. Add the third who would consider firearm ownership in the future and that's a significant pro-gun (to some extent) majority.

 

[dangerranger60]

I don't believe they have any idea who has a gun and who does not! It says they got their data from surveys, magazine subscriptions, ammo sales, etc... My own Mom had a gun since the 1950's that her dad gave her. She never bought ammo [ She would send one of her kids to find it]. She never looked at a Gun Mag, etc.. and there are millions like her. Lots of people have a gun in the closet, attic, or garage! To be honest I only know of a few people who don't own some kind of gun! DR

 

[Hemlock]

I think anything CBS reports is BS.

 

[Xaevian]

I think anything CBS reports is BS.

You mean we're not number one?

At least in the top five?

 

[Aero Denezol]

Somewhat surprised by some of the rankings….

Me too. Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming = higher % tage of gun ownership than the South/Southeastern states.

Surprised me because most of what I buy/sell on Gunbroker is going to or coming from the South/Southeast.

 

[Soli]

From the RAND study.

First, they used a small-area estimation technique to create state-level ownership estimates for each of 51 nationally representative surveys assessing household firearm ownership rates. They then used structural equation modeling to combine these survey-based estimates with administrative data on firearm suicides, hunting licenses, subscriptions to Guns & Ammo magazine, and background checks into the final measure of household firearm ownership.

Given that I often lie to pollsters, haven't killed myself, don't hunt, have never subscribed to G&A and up until recently didn't have to do bgc for private purchase there are obviously no guns in my household.

Follow the science!

 

[ilostmypswrd]

Dont really believe it

 

[bradsteen]

Well, this is fun. An article about lawful gun ownership using photos and descriptions from situations where guns were not lawfully owned, i.e. "photo of guns and drugs confiscated in a police raid in Vermont". They just can't seem to resist painting 2A in the worst light possible.

I am surprised by the numbers though... i knew a lot of people owned guns, but didn't expect it to jump from 14% to 30%+ in the first few states. That data seems mighty questionable.

 

[albin25]

Most of these clickbait surveys/reports are full of crap (10 worst cars, ranking of rudest states, etc)
Just because someone buys "Car and Driver" doesn't mean they own an Aston Martin, any more than someone that buys "Gun and Ammo" owns a gun… or ammo (it's more likely they just own a business with a waiting room)
Put another way, would you truthfully tell a stranger that you own a gun and how many?

 

[titsonritz]

In April 2020, the RAND Corporation published a long-term study tracking gun ownership in all 50 states, from 1980 to 2016.

^^^The last couple of years have made this data obsolete before they completed compiling it.

 

[Jay Walk]

I just looked up transporting a handgun through California on my way to Arizona.

The best I can tell it needs to be locked up in my vehicle "In plain sight though" while I am in my hotel.

Read their laws sometime, it is crazy town down there.

Have to bring a revolver as my pistols did not make "the list" of guns that are legal to possess in CA.

 

[Flopsweat]

From the RAND study.

First, they used a small-area estimation technique to create state-level ownership estimates for each of 51 nationally representative surveys assessing household firearm ownership rates. They then used structural equation modeling to combine these survey-based estimates with administrative data on firearm suicides, hunting licenses, subscriptions to Guns & Ammo magazine, and background checks into the final measure of household firearm ownership.

Given that I often lie to pollsters, haven't killed myself, don't hunt, have never subscribed to G&A and up until recently didn't have to do bgc for private purchase there are obviously no guns in my household.

Follow the science!

Which means they guessed and then fed that into an algorithm that makes sophisticated guesses. Or you could say they had the computer guess for them. We've had people doing that with the climate for 50 years now and they're always wrong.

 

[Xaevian]

Which means they guessed and then fed that into an algorithm that makes sophisticated guesses. Or you could say they had the computer guess for them. We've had people doing that with the climate for 50 years now and they're always wrong.

Wow, sounds scientific. Who funded that gain of statistical function? Cuz if you doubt them, well, you just refuse to follow the science.

 

[bradsteen]

Wow, sounds scientific. Who funded that gain of statistical function? Cuz if you doubt them, well, you just refuse to follow the science.

There's science?

 

[Flopsweat]

There's science?

Well, there's Science.

 

[bradsteen]

Well, there's Science.

And then there's SCIENCE.