Special Report
States With the Most Firearms Registered with the Government
April 30, 2023 8:30 am
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40. Maine
> Registered weapons in state: 1,596 per 100,000 people (21,396 total)
> Registered machine guns: 381 per 100,000 people – 11th most (5,109 total)
> Registered silencers: 618 per 100,000 people – 14th fewest (8,285 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 228 per 100,000 people – 14th most (3,057 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 41 per 100,000 people – 23rd fewest (556 total)
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39. Wisconsin
> Registered weapons in state: 1,643 per 100,000 people (95,430 total)
> Registered machine guns: 144 per 100,000 people – 11th fewest (8,391 total)
> Registered silencers: 699 per 100,000 people – 16th fewest (40,596 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 139 per 100,000 people – 15th fewest (8,070 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 25 per 100,000 people – 8th fewest (1,467 total)
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38. Iowa
> Registered weapons in state: 1,720 per 100,000 people (54,178 total)
> Registered machine guns: 229 per 100,000 people – 23rd most (7,228 total)
> Registered silencers: 715 per 100,000 people – 17th fewest (22,529 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 93 per 100,000 people – 10th fewest (2,937 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 38 per 100,000 people – 19th fewest (1,212 total)
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37. Ohio
> Registered weapons in state: 1,787 per 100,000 people (208,661 total)
> Registered machine guns: 197 per 100,000 people – 22nd fewest (22,979 total)
> Registered silencers: 589 per 100,000 people – 13th fewest (68,736 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 130 per 100,000 people – 13th fewest (15,158 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 56 per 100,000 people – 14th most (6,567 total)
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36. Missouri
> Registered weapons in state: 1,851 per 100,000 people (113,351 total)
> Registered machine guns: 182 per 100,000 people – 20th fewest (11,167 total)
> Registered silencers: 812 per 100,000 people – 20th fewest (49,754 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 167 per 100,000 people – 21st fewest (10,230 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 49 per 100,000 people – 20th most (2,995 total)
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