Special Report
States With the Most Firearms Registered with the Government
April 30, 2023 8:30 am
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30. Maryland
> Registered weapons in state: 2,257 per 100,000 people (136,257 total)
> Registered machine guns: 494 per 100,000 people – 6th most (29,854 total)
> Registered silencers: 535 per 100,000 people – 11th fewest (32,275 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 126 per 100,000 people – 12th fewest (7,633 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 65 per 100,000 people – 12th most (3,898 total)
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29. Minnesota
> Registered weapons in state: 2,318 per 100,000 people (129,825 total)
> Registered machine guns: 157 per 100,000 people – 14th fewest (8,779 total)
> Registered silencers: 860 per 100,000 people – 22nd fewest (48,154 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 137 per 100,000 people – 14th fewest (7,681 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 21 per 100,000 people – 7th fewest (1,154 total)
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28. Oregon
> Registered weapons in state: 2,334 per 100,000 people (97,474 total)
> Registered machine guns: 161 per 100,000 people – 15th fewest (6,740 total)
> Registered silencers: 1,178 per 100,000 people – 20th most (49,197 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 227 per 100,000 people – 15th most (9,483 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 41 per 100,000 people – 22nd fewest (1,717 total)
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27. South Carolina
> Registered weapons in state: 2,341 per 100,000 people (119,205 total)
> Registered machine guns: 216 per 100,000 people – 24th fewest (10,997 total)
> Registered silencers: 990 per 100,000 people – 24th most (50,422 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 178 per 100,000 people – 24th fewest (9,088 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 78 per 100,000 people – 8th most (3,948 total)
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26. Indiana
> Registered weapons in state: 2,353 per 100,000 people (157,546 total)
> Registered machine guns: 316 per 100,000 people – 13th most (21,137 total)
> Registered silencers: 944 per 100,000 people – 24th fewest (63,249 total)
> Registered short-barreled rifles: 162 per 100,000 people – 19th fewest (10,872 total)
> Registered short-barreled shotguns: 142 per 100,000 people – 2nd most (9,541 total)
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