GUNLAND USA
A State-by-State Ranking of Gun Shows, Gun Retailers, Machine Guns, and Gun Manufacturers
Section Five: Summary of State Rankings
| State |
Gun Shows2 |
Retailers |
Machine Gun
Dealers |
Machine Guns |
Manufacturers |
| Alabama |
. |
25 |
19 |
11 |
29 |
| Alaska |
. |
31 |
32 |
43 |
44 |
| Arizona |
. |
24 |
3 |
10 |
3 |
| Arkansas |
. |
28 |
30 |
33 |
22 |
| California |
5 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
| Colorado |
. |
20 |
22 |
27 |
22 |
| Connecticut |
. |
40 |
18 |
4 |
6 |
| Delaware |
. |
49 |
50 |
50 |
44 |
| Florida |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Georgia |
. |
9 |
7 |
6 |
17 |
| Hawaii |
. |
48 |
49 |
49 |
44 |
| Idaho |
. |
32 |
37 |
37 |
27 |
| Illinois |
4 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
9 |
| Indiana |
6 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
29 |
| Iowa |
. |
23 |
37 |
44 |
39 |
| Kansas |
. |
30 |
29 |
40 |
17 |
| Kentucky |
. |
18 |
21 |
23 |
29 |
| Louisiana |
. |
22 |
15 |
28 |
29 |
| Maine |
. |
41 |
40 |
35 |
27 |
| Maryland |
. |
37 |
17 |
13 |
17 |
| Massachusetts |
. |
33 |
23 |
24 |
12 |
| Michigan |
. |
4 |
10 |
17 |
29 |
| Minnesota |
. |
13 |
30 |
26 |
9 |
| Mississippi |
. |
26 |
27 |
32 |
44 |
| Missouri |
. |
7 |
12 |
19 |
17 |
| Montana |
. |
27 |
34 |
42 |
6 |
| Nebraska |
. |
35 |
37 |
39 |
39 |
| Nevada |
. |
42 |
26 |
30 |
29 |
| New Hampshire |
. |
45 |
23 |
22 |
17 |
| New Jersey |
. |
46 |
33 |
29 |
44 |
| New Mexico |
. |
36 |
28 |
31 |
39 |
| New York |
. |
8 |
42 |
21 |
4 |
| North Carolina |
7 |
11 |
8 |
16 |
29 |
| North Dakota |
. |
43 |
47 |
46 |
44 |
| Ohio |
9 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
| Oklahoma |
. |
19 |
20 |
15 |
22 |
| Oregon |
8 |
16 |
13 |
20 |
12 |
| Pennsylvania |
2 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
| Rhode Island |
. |
50 |
42 |
48 |
44 |
| South Carolina |
. |
34 |
48 |
34 |
39 |
| South Dakota |
. |
44 |
34 |
45 |
12 |
| Tennessee |
. |
17 |
16 |
18 |
15 |
| Texas |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Utah |
. |
38 |
42 |
14 |
22 |
| Vermont |
. |
47 |
42 |
47 |
29 |
| Virginia |
. |
14 |
9 |
5 |
15 |
| Washington |
. |
21 |
42 |
36 |
22 |
| West Virginia |
. |
29 |
34 |
38 |
39 |
| Wisconsin |
. |
15 |
23 |
25 |
29 |
| Wyoming |
. |
39 |
40 |
41 |
29 |
2Gun show data available only for the top 10 states.
Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; ranking computed by the Violence Policy Center.
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The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury.
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