GUNLAND USA

A State-by-State Ranking of Gun Shows, Gun Retailers, Machine Guns, and Gun Manufacturers

Section Three: Machine Guns

Number of Machine Gun Dealers, January 2000
Ranked by Number of Dealers

Rank	State	Dealers
1	Texas	190
2	Florida	138
3	Arizona	97
4	Pennsylvania	90
5	Ohio	88
6	California	79
7	Georgia	67
8	North Carolina	63
9	Virginia	53
10	Michigan	51
11	Illinois	50
12	Missouri	48
13	Indiana	46
13	Oregon	46
15	Louisiana	40
16	Tennessee	37
17	Maryland	36
18	Connecticut	35
19	Alabama	34
20	Oklahoma	30
21	Kentucky	29
22	Colorado	28
23	Massachusetts	27
23	New Hampshire	27
23	Wisconsin	27
26	Nevada	25
27	Mississippi	22
28	New Mexico	21
29	Kansas	17
30	Arkansas	16
30	Minnesota	16
32	Alaska	15
33	New Jersey	12
34	Montana	11
34	West Virginia	11
34	South Dakota	11
37	Idaho	8
37	Iowa	8
37	Nebraska	8
40	Maine	7
40	Wyoming	7
42	New York	5
42	Rhode Island	5
42	Utah	5
42	Vermont	5
42	Washington	5
47	North Dakota	4
48	South Carolina	3
49	Hawaii	1
50	Delaware	0

Source: Commerce in Firearms in the United States, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, February 2000; ranking computed by the Violence Policy Center.

Number of Registered Machine Guns, 1999
Ranked by Number of Machine Guns

Rank	State	Machine Guns
1	Texas	18,919
2	Florida	14,602
3	California	14,326
4	Connecticut	14,266
5	Virginia	13,591
6	Georgia	13,360
7	Pennsylvania	13,028
8	Ohio	11,671
9	Indiana	10,576
10	Arizona	9,921
11	Alabama	9,890
12	Illinois	9,035
13	Maryland	8,112
14	Utah	7,073
15	Oklahoma	6,719
16	North Carolina	6,449
17	Michigan	6,370
18	Tennessee	6,036
19	Missouri	5,175
20	Oregon	4,725
21	New York	4,642
22	New Hampshire	4,477
23	Kentucky	4,419
24	Massachusetts	4,333
25	Wisconsin	4,061
26	Minnesota	3,823
27	Colorado	3,573
28	Louisiana	3,543
29	New Jersey	3,531
30	Nevada	3,255
31	New Mexico	2,918
32	Mississippi	2,846
33	Arkansas	2,805
34	South Carolina	2,753
35	Maine	2,529
36	Washington	2,195
37	Idaho	2,069
38	West Virginia	1,723
39	Nebraska	1,461
40	Kansas	1,392
41	Wyoming	1,283
42	Montana	1,270
43	Alaska	1,238
44	Iowa	1,198
45	South Dakota	1,008
46	North Dakota	998
47	Vermont	989
48	Rhode Island	390
49	Hawaii	246
50	Delaware	147
	Total	274,959

Source: Commerce in Firearms in the United States, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, February 2000; ranking computed by the Violence Policy Center.

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