SECTION 1 WHO HAS THE MOST?

(AKA THE SPARK OF FIRE FOR DEBATE)

http://libertyfirstnews.com/heres-a-ranking-of-the-most-heavily-armed-states-in-the-us/#
(re-posted on 24Apr16 via FB link)
Heres a Ranking of the Most Heavily Armed States in the US [December 29, 2015]

Following the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, CBS News took a closer look at guns in
America particularly, which states had the most heavy arms per capita.
Their list is based entirely on the 2013 census and the ATFs National Firearms Registration and
Transfer Record. The ATF record which doesnt include pistols covers the sale and transfer of
the following weapons:
machine guns
short-barreled rifles and shotguns,
suppressors
destructive devices like bombs and grenades
concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy of an
explosive
any firearm with a bore over half an inch that has not been determined to have a
legitimate sporting use.
{Editorial Note: all of the bulletpointed items above are considered NFA and require a tax
stamp}
Heres the ranking:
44. New York: 3.3 guns per 1,000 residents
43. Rhode Island: 3.8 guns per 1,000 residents
42. Delaware: 4.2 guns per 1,000 residents
41. Michigan: 4.3 guns per 1,000 residents
40. Massachusetts: 4.9 guns per 1,000 residents
39. Hawaii: 5.1 guns per 1,000 residents
38. New Jersey: 5.8 guns per 1,000 residents
37. Iowa: 6.1 guns per 1,000 residents
36. Vermont: 6.4 guns per 1,000 residents
35. Mississippi: 6.8 guns per 1,000 residents
34. Nebraska: 7.4 guns per 1,000 residents
33. California: 7.6 guns per 1,000 residents
32. Wisconsin: 7.8 guns per 1,000 residents
31. Missouri: 8.5 guns per 1,000 residents
30. Washington: 8.6 guns per 1,000 residents
29. Maine: 8.7 guns per 1,000 residents
28. Illinois: 9.2 guns per 1,000 residents
27. West Virginia: (tie) 9.4 guns per 1,000 residents
27. Arizona: (tie) 9.4 guns per 1,000 residents
26. North Dakota: (tie) 9.5 guns per 1,000 residents
26. Minnesota: (tie) 9.5 guns per 1,000 residents
25. Florida: 10.2 guns per 1,000 residents
24. Kansas: 11 guns per 1,000 residents
23. North Carolina: 11.1 guns per 1,000 residents
22. Tennessee: (tie) 11.3 guns per 1,000 residents
22. Montana: (tie) 11.3 guns per 1,000 residents
22. Connecticut: (tie) 11.3 guns per 1,000 residents
21. Oregon: (tie) 11.4 guns per 1,000 residents
21. Ohio: (tie) 11.4 guns per 1,000 residents
20. South Dakota: 11.5 guns per 1,000 residents
19. South Carolina: 11.6 guns per 1,000 residents
18. Colorado: 12 guns per 1,000 residents
17. Oklahoma: 12.3 guns per 1,000 residents
16. Texas: 12.8 guns per 1,000 residents
15. Utah: 12.9 guns per 1,000 residents
14. Kentucky: 13.5 guns per 1,000 residents
13. Indiana: 14.1 guns per 1,000 residents

12. New Hampshire: (tie) 14.6 guns per 1,000 residents

12. Georgia: (tie) 14.6 guns per 1000 residents
11. Pennsylvania: (tie) 15 guns per 1,000 residents
11. Maryland: (tie) 15 guns per 1,000 residents
10. Louisiana: 15.1 guns per 1,000 residents
9. Alaska: 15.2 guns per 1,000 residents
8. Nevada: 19.5 guns per 1,000 residents
7. Alabama: 20 guns per 1,000 residents
6. Idaho: 24.2 guns per 1,000 residents
5. Virginia: 30.1 guns per 1,000 residents
4. New Mexico: 40.5 guns per 1,000 residents
3. Arkansas: 41.6 guns per 1,000 residents
2. Washington, D.C.: 66.4 guns per 1,000 residents
1. Wyoming: 195.7 guns per 1,000 residents
Based on the above criteria, how heavily armed is your state?
SECTION 2 LOOKING A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE NUMBERS
Further research using Google shows a wide variety of statistics, some with obvious slant
*Editorial Note: would you prefer to know about gun totals from the Gun industry or NRA, or
would your first source be a private research tank or the American Academy of Pediatrics? I
know if I was looking for vehicle registrations Id go to the DMV, the manufacturers, or even the
insurance companies, before Id go ask Green Peace, the ASPCA, or other activist group. So
take the data with a grain of salt, and realize everyone is trying to gain the upper hand of
convincing you

*EDITIORIAL NOTE: FROM OPENLY ANTI-GUN AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS WHOSE

LOGICAL HATE FOR GUNS IS BECAUSE PHYSICIANS HATE HAVING TO TREAT GUNSHOT
WOUNDS, ESPECIALLY IN KIDS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: FROM QUASI-NEUTRAL BUSINESS INSIDER

*EDITORIAL NOTE: FROM PRO-GUN USACARRY.ORG WHICH DOES HAVE ACCESS TO REAL DATA
FROM MANUFACTURERS AND OWNERS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: FROM THETRACE.ORG

SIGNIFICANCE? WHERE THE LEAST GUNS ARE YET THE HIGHEST PUSH FOR BANNING THEM
EVERYWHERE

*EDITORIAL NOTE: FROM THE CDC, WHICH IN THEORY AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY WORKING
FOR ALL AMERICANS SHOULD BE FAIRLY NEUTRAL.
ACCIDENTS INCLUDES NEGLIGENCE AND THE HAZARDS INHERANT IN ACTIVITIES LIKE
HUNTING

*EDITORIAL NOTE: NO SOURCE CITED.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE (MURDER) HENCE ILLEGAL CRIMINAL USE OF A WEAPON

*EDITORIAL NOTE: ICPHUSA.ORG

NUMBER AND REATE OF SHELTERED SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (2010)
PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CULTURAL ISSUE. THE USE OF FIREARMS IN THE ISSUE
IS BOTH AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN THE ILLEGAL USE TO VICTIMIZE AND THE LEGAL
USE AS A DEFENSE AGAINST THE VIOLENCE.
*OPINION: BANNING FIREARMS DISARMS LAW ABIDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEED TO
SELF DEFENSE TO REMAIN SURVIVORS, BUT HAS ZERO IMPACT ON LAW IGNORING
INDIVIDUALS THAT ILLEGALLY COMMIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: MOTHER JONES

THE LEGAL STEPS TO HELP PREVENT CRIMINAL AND ILLEGAL GUN USE, ESPECIALLY FOR
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

*EDITORIAL NOTE: HUFFINGTONPOST.COM SOURCED FROM NATIONAL CENTER FOR

EDUCATION STATISTICS (A NON-PROFIT PRIVATE THINK TANK, NOT A NEUTRAL GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATION)
IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS CHART, AS IT SHOWS NO
CORRELATION FILTERS FOR POPULATION DENSITY (I.E. TOTAL POPULATION AND URBAN AREA
CONGESTION, WHICH CARRIES WITH IT A DIRECT CORRELATION TO EDUCATION AND CRIME)

*EDITORIAL NOTE: HSPH.HARVARD.EDU

SOMETHING NOT OFTEN NOTED IN GUN DEATHS, IS THAT A GREAT DEAL OF DEATHS ARE NOT
THE RESULT OF IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS OR EVEN CRIMINALS, BUT BY DESPERATE PEOPLE
WHO CHOSE TO USE A TOOL TO END THEIR OWN LIVES IF IT WASNT A GUN IT WOULD BE A
KNIFE, POISON, PHARMACEUTICALS, THEIR CARS, AN OPEN WINDOW IN A TALL BUILDING, OR
ANYTHING ELSE IN THEIR DESPERATION. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT NEUTRAL STATISTICS AND
SUBTRACT SUICIDES AND CRIME (WHICH LAWS CANNOT STOP), THE NUMBER BECOMES A
DIFFERENT PICTURE.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: MIC.COM SOURCE CDC.

THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THAT THERE IS A HIGH SUICIDE RATE IN LESSER POPULATED WESTERN
STATES, BUT IT DOES NOT HELP US CORRELATE THE HIGHER DEATH RATE OF HIGHER DENSITY
POPULATION URBAN AREAS, AS THOSE ARE FREQUENTLY THE RESULT OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
AND HOMICIDES.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: SOURCE STATEHEALTHFACTS.ORG

THIS CHART ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE A BETTER ILLUSTRATION OF DEATHS IN COMPARISON TO
LAWS IN PLACE.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: WIKIPEDIA WORLD MAP OF CIVILIAN GUN OWNERSHIP THE CHALLENGE
IS TO COMPARE THE MAP TO WHERE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY EXISTS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: IJREVIEW.COM

THE MARGIN NOTE THAT ACCOMPANIED THIS CHART STATED:
THE UNITED STATES HAS BY FAR THE HIGHEST GUN OWNERSHIP RATE AT A WHOPPING 112
GUNS PER 100 CIVILIANS. THE U.S. HAS 12 TIMES THE GUNS OF HONDURAS, BUT 1/22 ND THE
FIREARMS-RELATED HOMICIDES.
SO IT SEEMS THE ACTUAL AVAILABILITY OF GUNS DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CORRELATE TO
DEATHS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: CONSERVATIVETRIBUNE.COM

MARGIN/CAPTION NOTE: USING NUMBERS OBTAINED FROM THE 2007 U.N.-SPONSORED

INTERNATIONAL SMALL ARMS SURVEY, THEY OBTAINED A BASE NUMBER OF 88.8 GUNS PER
100 AMERICAN CITIZENS

*EDITORIAL NOTE: WHATDIDYOUSAY.ORG

A SAMPLE ILLUSTRATION OF STATE-TO-COUNTRY OWNERSHIP NUMBERS. FLORIDA AS AN
EXAMPLE HAS A SIMILAR POPULATION TO MEXICO, BUT MEXICO HAS HIGHLY RESTRICTED
LEGAL GUN OWNERSHIP AND A HIGHER VIOLENCE RATE THAN THE SUNSHINE STATE.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: BACKSPACE.COM

THIS JANUARY 2011 CHART HAS OBVIOUS POLITICAL SLANT WITH THE LINE ITEMS LISTING
REPUBLICAN JOHN McCAIN AND DEMOCRAT BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, BUT IT IS
NONETHELESS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF HOW OTHER FACTORS MUST BE CONSIDERED IN THE
DEBATE OF OUR 2ND AMENDMENT LIBERTIES.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: WIKIPEDIA

MAP INCLUDES POPULATION OF LOCAL JAILS AND STATE PRISONS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE
FEDERAL PRISONERS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: OIG.JUSTICE.GOV

NUMBER OF CONTRACTED BUREAU OF PRISONS PER STATE 2008-10. LOTS IN URBAN STATES.

*EDITIORIAL NOTE: PROSPECT.ORG

THE DEBATE OF FIREARMS TENDS TO BEGIN WITH LEGAL RESTRICTIONS, AND PROGRESS
THROUGH TO BANNING ITEMS, AND FINALLY TO PUNISHMENT OF CRIMES. SO IT IS USEFUL TO
KNOW WHAT THE END RESULT OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IS, AS THIS CHART SHOWS US.
LIKEWISE IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW WHAT PORTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PRESENT
TO DISSUADE CRIME, OR SIMPLY TO ENFORCE PUNITIVE RESPONSE.
*OPINION: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (LEOs) HAVE A DIFFICULT JOB. THE EXPECTATION IS
THAT THEY BE OF HIGH MORAL CALIBER AND HAVE NEUTRAL POLITICS SO THEY CAN SERVE
THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, WHAT MOST OF THE PUBLIC IS UNAWARE OF IS THE RESTRICTIONS
PLACED ON LEOs THEY MAY NOT PROVIDE EXCULPATORY TESTITMONY (I.E. THEY CANT TELL
THE TRUTH IF THEY KNOW YOU ARE INNOCENT), THE PROTECT AND SERVE ON MANY OF
THEIR DEPARTMENT MOTTOS IS NOT TO PROTECT YOU (YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR
OWN WELL BEING, HENCE SELF DEFENSE LAWS) OR SERVE YOU (THEY ARE TO SERVE THE
COMMUNITY, BY PROTECTING ORDER AND ENCOURAGING LAWFUL BEHAVIOR, SO THAT
COMMERCE CAN CONTINUE TO GENERATE TAX REVENUE AND WEALTH CAN BE PROTECTED).
THEIR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE WEALTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY, INDIVIDUALS ONLY GET A

TANGENTAL BENEFIT IF THE PROTECTION OF THAT WEALTH AND GOOD ORDER ALLOWS LEOs
TO PREVENT CRIME FROM HAPPENING TO YOU. BUT DONT EVER THINK THEY HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO HELP YOU PERSONALLY.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: CAREERPROFILES.INFO

STATES WITH LOWER POPULATIONS TEND TO HAVE LOWER LEO PRESENCE. BUT IT ALSO
CORRELATES THAT STATES THAT WITH LOWER LEO PRESENCE THERE IS A HIGHER PERCEIVED
NEED FOR SELF DEFENSE. STATES WITH HIGHER POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS ALSO
HAVE HIGHER LEO PRESENCE.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: CAREERPROFILES.INFO

IT ALSO STANDS TO REASON THAT IT IS EASY TO ATTRACT INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME LEOs IF
THE WAGES ARE HIGHER TAN MEDIAN INCOME. THE SAME FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CRIME
(LOW EDUCATION AND LOW ECONOMIC EARNINGS) ARE COUNTER-POINTED BY LEOs (THAT
HAVE A HIGHER EDUCATION REQUIREMENT AND EARN BETTER THAN AVERAGE).

*EDITORIAL NOTE: JUSTICE.UAA.ALASKA.EDU BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS

IF THERE IS EVER A QUESTION OF THE U.S. BEING A POLICE STATE THEN JUST CONSIDER THE
TOTAL NUMBER LINE AT THE TOP OF THIS GRAPHIC 17000+ AGENCIES AND NEARLY OF A
MILLION LEOs BUT THAT TRANSLATES TO 20 LEOs FOR EVERY 100000 PEOPLE. NOTHING
MODIFIED BY CITIZEN, RESIDENT, ILLEGAL ALIENS, ETC. SIMPLY A RATIO OF A FRACTION OF
1% COMPARED TO OUR TOTAL POPULATION OF OVER 350 MILLION. IF EVER THERE WAS AN
ARGUMENT SAYING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND YOURSELF
RATHER THAN WAIT FOR HELP, THESE NUMBERS SHOW IT.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: THEODYSSEYONLINE.COM DATA FROM NHTSA AND CDC

THIS SHOWS HOW YOU ARE AS LIKELY TO DIE FROM A CAR ACCIDENT AS FROM A FIREARM,
YET WE DONT EVER CONSIDER BANNING CARS EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN BE VIEWED AS
2000LB BLUNT-OBJECT WEAPONS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: SLATESTARCODEX.COM

MOTHER JONES PLOTTING OF GUNS (LEGAL) VERSUS DEATHS (INCLUDING CRIME)

*EDITORIAL NOTE: OCCUPYTHEORY.ORG

WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THE 82% OF RAMPAGE KILLINGS LEGALLY OBTAINED

FIREARMS IS THAT LAWS IN PLACE TO RESTRICT OWNERSHIP HAVE ZERO IMPACT ON
PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNSTABLE INDIVIDUALS HELL-BENT ON COMMITTING A CRIME OF
VIOLENCE. GUNS ARE INANIMATE OBJECTS THAT CAN EITHER BE USED LAWFULLY OR MIS-USED
ILLEGALLY.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: ABC2NEWS.COM

THIS ILLUSTRATION ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW THERE ARE FATAL GAPS IN NICS CHECKS FOR
FIREARMS PURCHASES. WHAT IT DOES SUCCESSFULLY DO IS POINT OUT THE PROBLEM WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS THAT IS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE LAW, BUT WHICH LAWFUL GUN OWNERS
ARE BLAMED FOR WHEN AN UNSTABLE INDIVIDUAL GOES ON A MURDEROUS RAMPAGE.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: FREEREPUBLIC.COM SOURCES INCLUDE FBI UCR, CDC, BATF.

THIS GRAPHIC CAME FROM AN ARTICLE ENTITLED Anti-Gun Groups Using Suicide to Trick Gun
Retailers into Doing their Dirty Work (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2783761/posts)
QUOTED WITHIN THE POSTING: [FROM GUNFACTS.INFO]
1. For every accidental death (802), suicide (16,869), or homicide (11,348), 118 with a firearm
(29,019), 13 lives (390,000) 119 are preserved through defensive use.
2. The rate of suicide is not affected by the presence of a firearm. This is true in either a timeseries analysis (like the chart at right showing the change in handgun supply in the U.S. over
time), or through cross-national analysis. For example, Japan has no private handgun
ownership (aside from an extremely limited number of licensed Olympic sport shooters), and
yet had a suicide rate more than twice that of the United States in 2002.
3. Myth:Handgunsare43timesmorelikelytokillafamilymemberthanacriminal

Fact:Ofthe43deathsreportedinthisflawedstudy,37(86%)weresuicides.Otherdeathsinvolved
criminalactivitybetweenthefamilymembers(drugdealsgonebad).
Fact:Oftheremainingdeaths,thedeceasedfamilymembersincludefelons,drugdealers,violentspouses
committingassault,andothercriminals.

*EDITORAIL NOTE: REDDIT.COM

MAP OF GUN LEGISLATION STRENGTH VERSUS MORTALITY RATE BY STATE.
STATISTICAL CONCLUSION: LOTS OF LAWS DONT DECREASE DEATHS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: CHICAGOMAG.COM GRAPHIC OBTAINED FROM MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL

GUNS (ORGANIZATION SPONSORED BY OPENLY ANTI-GUN MICHAEL BLOOMBERG)

*EDITORIAL NOTE: JUSTINDEVAULT.COM

AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF THE DEBATE IS TO WHAT EXTENT THE 2 ND AMENDMENT APPLIES
THE STRICTEST INTERPRETATION WOULD IMPLY NO RESTRICTIONS, HENCE IT IS CALLED
CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY, AND THAT MEANS NO PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR OPEN OR
CONCEALED CARRY; IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FIRST QUALIFY TO
POSSESS A WEAPON. ANOTHER TERM USED IS OPEN CARRY, WHICH MEANS EITHER BY 2ND
AMENDMENT BASIS OR BY LAWFUL PERMIT YOU CAN CARRY A WEAPON WITHOUT
CONCEALMENT, BUT IT MAY REQUIRE A FORM OF PERMIT DISPLAY OR HOLSTER SECURING OF
THE FIREARM. CONCEALED CARRY SIMPLY MEANS OUT-OF-SIGHT; AND AS THIS GRAPHIC
SHOWS MOST STATES HAVE A PERMITTING SYSTEM, IT RARELY ADDRESSES THE SAFETY ISSUES
OF KEEPING A FIREARM OUT-OF-SIGHT, SUCH AS A HOLSTER.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: HUFFINGTONPOST.COM SOURCE BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN

VIOLENCE AND THE LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE.
IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT BOTH SOURCES ARE ANTI-GUN ADVOCACY GROUPS, AND THAT THE
GRADING OF STATES NOTED HERE IS FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. SO IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT
A STATE WITH APPROPRIATE GUN LAWS WOULD RECEIVE AN UNFAVORABLE RATING FROM
EITHER OF THESE SOURCES, MAKING THIS GRAPHIC CONSTRUCT SUSPECT TO ACCURACY.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: WHEREAREMYKEYS.TYPEPAD.COM SOURCE THE WASHINGTON TIMES

USING INFORMATION FROM BRADY CAMPAIGN AND FBI UCR.
TO BE NOTED THAT TWO STATES WERE EXCLUDED, AND THAT THE PREMISE OF THE BRADY
CAMPAIGN STATE RATING DID NOT REFLECT THE ASSERTION THAT TOUGH LAWS EQUAL LOWER
GUN VIOLENCE.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: NO SOURCE CITED.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: MEDIAMATTERS.ORG SOURCES FBI UCR AND CDC MMR

IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT THE EXAMPLE OF CHICAGO IS OFTEN MISUSED. HOWEVER, IT IS DONE

SO BECAUSE OF THE SAME FALICY OF LOGIC THAT DICTATES THE ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO
FIREARMS POLICIES AND LAWS. IF THE ANTI-GUN LEGISLATION WAS WORKING, THEN THE GUN
VIOLENCE WOULD BE NEAR ZERO. HOWEVER, THIS LIST ACCURATELY SHOWS THAT URBAN
AREAS OF HIGH DENSITY AND OFTEN LOWER AGREGATE EDUCATION LEVELS AND/OR
ECONOMIC AFFLUENCE, HAVE A HIGH VIOLENCE RATE, INCLUSIVE OF FIREARMS VIOLENCE.
*OPINION: ITS NOT THE FIREARMS, ITS THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE THAT ISNT BEING FIXED
BY HAVING LOWER EDUCATION AND LOWER STANDARDS OF LIVING. NEITHER OF WHICH CAN
BE SOLVED BY SIMPLY LOWERING THE BAR.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: JOURNALISTSRESOURCE.ORG

RIGHT-TO-CARRY LAWS IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE HIGHER PERCENTAGES INDICATE A
REDUCED LEVEL OF MURDER. SO THE CONCLUSION TO BE DRAWN IS THAT LAWFUL
OWNERSHIP DOES HAVE A DETERRENT AFFECT OF MURDER RATES. THIS WOULD BE
CONTRARY TO THE ANTI-GUN LOBBY STATING THAT MORE GUNS EQUAL MORE DEATHS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: OREGONLIVE.COM

THE SAMPLE OF JUST ONE STATES DIVIDE. THE NON-FIREARM OWNING SURVEYED CORRELATE
TO THE POLITICAL ANTI-GUN MESSAGE; AND CONVERSELY, THOSE WITH FIREARMS
SUPPORTED THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: PROSPECT.ORG

LICENSED DEALERS CAN RANGE FROM SEMI-PRIVATE COLLECTORS, CLASS-III PRODUCTION
COMPANIES, TO PAWNBROKERS, TRADITIONAL GUN SHOPS, DEALERS, OR DISTRIBUTORS.
KNOWING WHERE YOU CAN LEGALLY OBTAIN A WEAPON HAS SOME BEARING ON WHERE
OWNERSHIP WILL OCCUR AND CONVERSELY, IN LOCATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE LESS LEGAL
ACCESS, YOU WILL LIKELY ALSO SEE HIGHER CRIMINAL USAGE AND ACQUISITION OF ILLEGAL
WEAPONS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: DEMOGRAPHICDATA.ORG USA GUN OWNERSHIP CHART

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO OUTSIDE FILTERING TO THIS CHART, SUCH AS CORRELATION
TO POPULATION TOTALS, OR POLITICAL PARTIES IN POWER. IT SIMPLY SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF
OWNERSHIP IN THE GENERAL POPULATION GOING DOWN. HENCE WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT
LESS PEOPLE OWN A WEAPON, AND LESS PEOPLE HAVE A DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH A
WEAPON ON WHICH TO BASE THEIR OPINION OF FIREARM OWNERSHIP. THIS MAKES THE
ENTIRE DEBATE SUSCEPTABLE TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCE FROM A RANGE OF SOURCES
INCLUDING SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, THE MEDIA, AND POLITICS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: POLITICSBYTHENUMBERS.ORG

IT IS TO BE EXTRAPOLATED THAT DECLINING OWNERSHIP ALSO MEANS DECLINING
AWARENESS OF THE UTILITY OF LAWFUL OWNERSHIP.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: VOX.COM SOURCES PEW RESEARCH CENTER AND GALLUP POLLS

*EDITORIAL NOTE: NCGUNOWNERS.COM

THIS CHART SHOWS THE MOST RECENT DECADE-LONG SURVEY RESULTS ARE INCREASING IN
INDIVIDUAL CONCERN OVER THEIR 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: PEWRESEARCH.ORG

AND HERE AGAIN SURVEYS SHOW THAT PERSONAL RIGHTS ARE A GROWNING CONCERN.

*EDITORIAL NOTE: VISUAL.LY

BESIDES THE 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO OWN A FIREARM, AND THE FUNCTIONAL REASONS TO
HAVE A FIREARM AS RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING TOOL, AS A TOOL FOR HUNTING
THE MOST PREVALENT REASON TO OWN A FIREARM IS STILL THE INHERENT RIGHT TO SELF

DEFENSE. THIS APPLIES AS INDIVIDUALS, AS IT DOES TO THE TYRANNY OF GOVERNMENT, OR

THE BULLYING OF SPECIAL INTERESTS (WITH THEIR IRRATIONAL FEAR OF INANIMATE OBJECTS).

*EDITORIAL NOTE: PEWRESEARCH.ORG SOURCES BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS AND

GALLUP POLLS
THIS IS REALLY THE PENDULLUM ON WHICH THE DEBATE SWINGS. WHETHER PRO-2 ND
AMENDMENT OR ANTI-GUN, THE REDUCED AWARENESS OF FIREARMS AND THE ABILITY OF
INFLUENCE VIA THE MEDIA, IT IS ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THINGS (FACTS NOTWITH-STANDING), THAT WILL INFLUENCE HOW THE POLITICIANS WILL ACT TO LEGISLATE
LIMITATIONS ON OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY ACKNOWLEDGED GOD-GIVEN NATURAL LAW RIGHT
TO SELF PRESERVATION AND SELF DEFENSE, ENSHRINED BY THE 2 ND AMENDMENT.
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
A FINAL OPINION, ILLUSTRATED BY RESEARCH GUN OWNERSHIP IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE.
YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A RIGHT-WING ZEALOT VIOLENCE-FANATIC TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO
DEFEND YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY, NOR DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT LEFT-WING SOCIALORIENTED GROUPS HAVE NOT THOSE SAME NEEDS JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PERSON
BELOW, WHO WE CAN CHARACTERIZE AS AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR WOMENS RIGHTS, A
GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF ELDERLY AMERICA, AND A CARD-CARRYING DEMOCRAT TOO! BUT
SHE WASNT ANTI-GUN, BECAUSE SHE FEALT A NEED TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND HERSELF AND A
NEW YORK STATE JUDGE AGREED

SECTION 3 THE COUNTER-ARGUMENT USING FACTS

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/no-states-with-higher-gun-ownership-dont-have-moregun-murders/article/2573353
No, states with higher gun ownership don't have more gun murders
By David Freddoso (@freddoso) 10/3/15 4:50 PM

In sifting through the facts about the gun debate, beware of the misleading use of statistics.

Take for example, "fact" number five on the main Vox card on this issue. It contains a chart
from Mother Jones, which is presented to make the case as Mother Jones puts it that
"People with more guns tend to kill more people with guns." Or as Vox puts it, "More guns,
more violence." Both statements are false, but this chart at least seems convincing.

But then, look more carefully at what the chart says "gun deaths." Not all of those deaths
are "violence." This is a bait and switch.
Now look at this chart. Each state is again represented as a dot, but this measures the gun
murder rate in the 48 states that submitted timely FBI reports for 2014 (Alabama and Florida
did not). The number of gun murders per 100,000 residents is plotted against each state's gun
ownership rate as found in a 50-state study for the publication Injury Prevention.

That looks a lot like a shotgun blast, because at least in 2014, the statistical case that high
state gun ownership translates to more gun homicides was non-existent. This is what happens
when you just look at the relevant numbers instead of cherrypicking whatever numbers tell the
story you want. There's no significant statistical correlation here, whether or not you choose to
include D.C. (the outlier, way up above the others). And in fact, when you just look at last
year's gun homicide rate by state (calculated from FBI and Census data), you see that many of
the states that they claim have low "gun death" rates actually have comparatively high rates
of gun murders. New Jersey, for example, had a much higher gun murder rate than Idaho and
Vermont.

I haven't taken the time yet to calculate rates for every year going back a decade perhaps
for another day but I have the raw totals and there isn't anything in the numbers that
suggests a five-year average would change much.
So now you see why Vox, Mother Jones and others deliberately confuse the issue of gun
violence by including gun deaths that don't involve violence: because their cherrypicking
makes it seem like people in states with high gun ownership are more likely to shoot other
people, when in fact it just isn't so. Perhaps there's another argument to be had about suicide,
but it's a very different sort of debate. When most people think about gun control, they're
worried about whether it can help stop them from being shot, not about whether it will prevent
them from having a gun in case they become incredibly depressed and decide to end it all.
In short, there isn't a good case in the state data for limiting gun ownership on the
basis of gun murder rates. But if Mother Jones wants to make the case that gun ownership
should be limited for paternalistic reasons because it makes suicide more likely, perhaps they
can publish that argument instead, alongside their advocacy for physician-assisted suicide.