Gun Sales In Oregon - Just The Facts Ma'am

[Phred]

Gun Sales Top 27 Million Nationwide In Eight Months
How Oregon compares. The high (Illinois) compared to Oregon.

Illinois wins due to the crazy amount of crime there. 7,134,045 guns sold in the first eight months.
Gun Sales in Every State Ranked
Illinois: 6,707,482
Oregon: 275,189
Kentucky: 1,984,388
Indiana: 1,244,066
Texas: 1,197,967
Florida: 1,059,122
California: 886,292
Pennsylvania: 863,914
Utah: 733,790
Michigan: 610,029
Tennessee: 590,497
Alabama: 581,290
Minnesota: 568,852
Ohio: 530,395
Georgia: 519,142
North Carolina: 497,299
Wisconsin: 455,437
Washington: 438,343
Virginia: 397,518
Missouri: 387,999
Colorado: 386,038
Arizona: 360,924
South Carolina: 299,794
New York: 278,258
Oklahoma: 249,508
Louisiana: 241,517
Mississippi: 188,058
Connecticut: 180,514
Iowa: 174,518
Arkansas: 173,978
Maryland: 170,047
Idaho: 167,472
Massachusetts: 163,387
New Jersey: 151,141
Kansas: 137,411
West Virginia: 134,231
New Mexico: 119,756
Nevada: 118,543
Montana: 95,347
New Hampshire: 94,727
Maine: 74,104
South Dakota: 63,717
Nebraska: 55,731
Alaska: 55,113
Wyoming: 50,907
North Dakota: 47,856
Delaware: 42,905
Puerto Rico: 41,396
Vermont: 31,340
Rhode Island: 25,261
Hawaii: 9,761

Gun Sales in Every State Ranked

U.S. gun sales in the first seven months of 2021 surged 13% to over 25 million. In one state alone, sales were well over 6 million.

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[beefwithcheese]

Considering how bad it's been here in PDX the last two years, those numbers are very surprising.

 

[beefwithcheese]

On a side note, I wonder how many of those sales were to people like me, who decided it was time to make their first firearm purchase?

 

[Phred]

Considering how bad it's been here in PDX the last two years, those numbers are very surprising.

I'm thinking that comparativly speaking Oregon's population is a bit less than many of those other states with hgher gun sales. It would be interesting to see these numbers compared on a per thousand population/sales basis.

 

[ar man]

Sure the numbers were a little bigger than that.
Add in 80 percent builds and others

 

[Sundance]

Ranked 23rd on the list of guns sales, and still Oregon's crappy instant check system keeps crashing/can't keep up

 

[Phred]

Oregon's crappy instant check system keeps crashing/can't keep up

Or so thats what they keep telling us?

 

[Black Dog]

Maybe the low number is because most everybody already owns a gun or two in Oregon.

 

[Camelfilter]

On a side note, I wonder how many of those sales were to people like me, who decided it was time to make their first firearm purchase?

Tough to say. 20%? Dunno...

 

[Bam]

Oregon actually ranks higher than Washington per capita.

 

[GripItAndRipIt]

Ranked 23rd on the list of guns sales, and still Oregon's crappy instant check system keeps crashing/can't keep up

I've only had to wait more than 24 hrs. once - at the beginning of the Chinese virus when the powers that be decided CHL holders no longer got instant approval.

 

[GripItAndRipIt]

Gun Sales Top 27 Million Nationwide In Eight Months
How Oregon compares. The high (Illinois) compared to Oregon.

Illinois wins due to the crazy amount of crime there. 7,134,045 guns sold in the first eight months.
Gun Sales in Every State Ranked
Illinois: 6,707,482
Oregon: 275,189
Kentucky: 1,984,388
Indiana: 1,244,066
Texas: 1,197,967
Florida: 1,059,122
California: 886,292
Pennsylvania: 863,914
Utah: 733,790
Michigan: 610,029
Tennessee: 590,497
Alabama: 581,290
Minnesota: 568,852
Ohio: 530,395
Georgia: 519,142
North Carolina: 497,299
Wisconsin: 455,437
Washington: 438,343
Virginia: 397,518
Missouri: 387,999
Colorado: 386,038
Arizona: 360,924
South Carolina: 299,794
New York: 278,258
Oklahoma: 249,508
Louisiana: 241,517
Mississippi: 188,058
Connecticut: 180,514
Iowa: 174,518
Arkansas: 173,978
Maryland: 170,047
Idaho: 167,472
Massachusetts: 163,387
New Jersey: 151,141
Kansas: 137,411
West Virginia: 134,231
New Mexico: 119,756
Nevada: 118,543
Montana: 95,347
New Hampshire: 94,727
Maine: 74,104
South Dakota: 63,717
Nebraska: 55,731
Alaska: 55,113
Wyoming: 50,907
North Dakota: 47,856
Delaware: 42,905
Puerto Rico: 41,396
Vermont: 31,340
Rhode Island: 25,261
Hawaii: 9,761

Gun Sales in Every State Ranked

U.S. gun sales in the first seven months of 2021 surged 13% to over 25 million. In one state alone, sales were well over 6 million.

247wallst.com

Wow. That's a lot of FOID cards...

But I thought Indiana was the cause of Chicago's murder rate.

 

[P7M13]

I added five.

 

[Jonnyuma]

But I thought Indiana was the cause of Chicago's murder rate.

Most of Indiana's 1.2 million sales were to felons from Chicago.
Everyone likes a little road trip now and then.

 

[Graingodguy]

I added five.

I'm up a handful plus my wife's 2
Guy

 

[Soli]

Outliers always make me suspicious. Found this article.

Well, actually…no. There are approximately 2.3 million FOID card holders and 350,000 concealed carry licensees right now. The Illinois State Police pings the NICS background check system with FOID/CCL holder re-checks as frequently as nightly. That process generates around 1 million NICS requests per month. These are called "Permit" and "Permit Re-Check" queries.

Currently, actual transfer (firearms sales) activity is more like 50,000 per month. Mark Oliva from the NSSF tried to explain that to the CNN author at length, but to no avail.

So I dunno. It sounds like the land of lincoln uses the NICS system to check on people even when no gun is being purchased. That inflates the numbers. And the media doesn't care, so reports hogwash.

Nahhhh... that can't happen.

 

[GripItAndRipIt]

Most of Indiana's 1.2 million sales were to felons from Chicago.
Everyone likes a little road trip now and then.

I've heard this claim repeated many times -- particularly by Chicago mayor Lori Lighweight. Is there any evidence to back this claim?

 

[Jonnyuma]

I've heard this claim repeated many times -- particularly by Chicago mayor Lori Lighweight. Is there any evidence to back this claim?

Not that I'm aware of.
It's just a thing stupid people say to dodge accountability.
It's kind of a tradition.

 

[Uberhoo]

Maybe the low number is because most everybody already owns a gun or two in Oregon.

More like moderates and conservatives already own 5 or 10 and liberals decided it's time for a first.

 

[GripItAndRipIt]

Not that I'm aware of.
It's just a thing stupid people say to dodge accountability.
It's kind of a tradition.

Ok, you were being satirical.