Special Report
States With the Most Firearms Registered with the Government
April 30, 2023 8:30 am
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35. Connecticut
> Registered weapons in state: 2,097 per 100,000 people (74,874 total)
> Registered machine guns: 987 per 100,000 people – 2nd most (35,235 total)
> Registered silencers: 522 per 100,000 people – 10th fewest (18,648 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 118 per 100,000 people – 11th fewest (4,212 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 32 per 100,000 people – 11th fewest (1,135 total)
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34. North Carolina
> Registered weapons in state: 2,139 per 100,000 people (222,166 total)
> Registered machine guns: 153 per 100,000 people – 12th fewest (15,875 total)
> Registered silencers: 739 per 100,000 people – 18th fewest (76,759 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 168 per 100,000 people – 22nd fewest (17,478 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 34 per 100,000 people – 13th fewest (3,563 total)
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33. Washington
> Registered weapons in state: 2,203 per 100,000 people (165,534 total)
> Registered machine guns: 62 per 100,000 people – 4th fewest (4,673 total)
> Registered silencers: 1,042 per 100,000 people – 23rd most (78,279 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 225 per 100,000 people – 16th most (16,919 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 14 per 100,000 people – 4th fewest (1,049 total)
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32. Tennessee
> Registered weapons in state: 2,238 per 100,000 people (151,536 total)
> Registered machine guns: 217 per 100,000 people – 25th fewest (14,683 total)
> Registered silencers: 894 per 100,000 people – 23rd fewest (60,573 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 197 per 100,000 people – 22nd most (13,350 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 97 per 100,000 people – 6th most (6,573 total)
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31. Nebraska
> Registered weapons in state: 2,249 per 100,000 people (43,261 total)
> Registered machine guns: 125 per 100,000 people – 8th fewest (2,403 total)
> Registered silencers: 1,345 per 100,000 people – 12th most (25,879 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 180 per 100,000 people – 24th most (3,472 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 47 per 100,000 people – 22nd most (911 total)
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