Percent of Firearms Ownership by State

[rforgy]

1-4 are northern hunting states so that does not surprise me, Colorado being as low as it was did surprise me.

 

[BamaBoy]

Colorado has much bigger cities and a population of 5 million. Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana combined contain 3 million. Colorado's economy is more diversified, and offers office jobs that are attractive to people from the left coast and the northeast. A lot of aging hippies live in Colorado, too. However, in terms of gun ownership, rural Colorado would match up very similarly to Wyoming.

 

[piste]

PA seems kinda low to me...I mean...compared to CA....and other than that....

the northeast is totally fahked...except VT....

ETA: Ooops my bad....keep forgetting that Philly ain't part of Jersey.....

 

[jsimmons]

That chart represents data that is almost 10 years old.

 

[BamaBoy]

The link I posted, which includes homicide rates, is apparently from 2008 data, but it's hard to tell for certain.