Alabama rated top state for the gun industry, Rhode Island the worst

Fox News ^ | April 12, 2018 | Keith Koffler

[rogerantone1]

Red Alabama is the best state for the firearms industry when it comes to factors such as jobs and gun culture, while blue Rhode Island is the worst, according to the jobs website Zippia.

[SamAdams76]

Funny how the states would be almost totally reversed in the “politeness” category. Whenever I go to the Deep South, the people are so polite. Not so much the case in the Northeast!

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Rhode Island actually isn't too bad -- no AWB, no permit required for long-arms (a purchase card is required to buy a hand gun), a shall-issue state, Castle Doctrine -- there is a 7 day waiting period after purchase which sucks, but RI is a buttload better than it is here in MA, and a buttload better than NY and CT.

I suspect a large part of the reason RI ranks the worst is simply because it is so tiny so not a lot of people to but guns to begin with (although growing up on Newport Naval Station there were always plenty of southerners with gun racks :) ). As far as the industry, not a lot of industry (or employment) of any kind -- I know people who commute from RI to Boston.

Newport Naval Station brings in a lot of gun-toting south

[acapesket]

Rhody is filled with Unions that are dependent on the Government for Everyone’s needs. The Citizen’s own needs , the bazillion illegals that live there..see Cape Verde, and the Teacher’s Union. 65 percent of the population is on the Government tit.