Posted on 03/18/2013 3:07:18 PM PDT by EXCH54FE
It’s becoming more difficult for gun owners across the country to find safe haven, as the powers that be on both federal and state levels begin introducing a quagmire of anti-gun legislation hindering the rights of law-abiding citizens. States like Illinois are notorious for their anti-gun agendas, states like Texas are viewed as a shooters’ paradise.
To provide you, dear reader, with a primer of gun-friendly regions of the United States, we’ve analyzed all 50 states—and Washington, D.C.—and ranked them to find out which are the most pro-gun.
States can score a maximum 10 points per category, with a perfect score of 50. Full disclosure, though: No state attained that perfect score, though two states came awfully close. As was expected, Washington, D.C., kicked off our list with a whopping zero points, and other anti-gun Meccas such as New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and California weren’t far behind.
States were measured on gun rights/friendliness to gun owners by the following criteria: •CCW/Open Carry: Only states that don’t require a permit for concealed or open carry scored a perfect 10 in this category. •MSRs: States with no restrictions on the kind, type or number of modern sporting rifles (ARs, AKs, etc.) that can be owned or purchased scored a 10 in this category. •Class 3/NFA: The majority of states allow their citizens to own Class 3/NFA-type firearms (machine guns, suppressors, short-barreled rifles, etc.), provided they follow the federal licensing standard, but not every state is yea or nay. •Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground: States’ scores were determined based on how strong your the law is regarding self-defense in and out of the home, and whether in the right you’re immune from civil prosecution. •Miscellaneous: How pro-gun the state culture is has a lot to do with scoring in this category.
(Excerpt) Read more at gunsandammo.com ...
I have lived in VT, I visit there still quite often.
I have never, ever seen anyone carrying (aside from rifles during deer season.)
And this was in the rural Northeast Kingdom. I guess I will have to pay more attention.
“Idaho is #32? Uh...no.”
I agree. Should be top 5 at worst. I lived in Coeur d’Alene ‘95-’98. The town 4th of July parade had a guy driving his British Scout armored car with a mounted Browning 1919 converted to 8mm. He also took it out to the Fernan gun club 4th of July machine gun shoot and ripped through a couple belts. Being rather poor at the time I was exceedingly jealous.
g&a is owned by liberals now. I do not have specifics but I read about it on AR15.com.
LLS
“Arizona per The Guns & Ammo Network is nomber 1.”
Actually, it tied with Vermont (both scored 49 out of 50 possible points).
Amazing that two states, so different, could be so equally-ranked.
Actually when all is said and done, after the country has collapsed, I sense the folks ‘way up in VT have a better chance to survive the hard times than do folks in most other states. There’s a reason for that.
The natives will, but not the transplants.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.