MD, we can all do better...than tied for 11th!

llkoolkeg · Aug 30, 2016

"How heavily armed is your state?"

"11 (tie). Maryland
Maryland is tied with Pennsylvania for number 11 slot. For every 1,000 residents in Maryland, there are 15 guns. That's 88,732 registered firearms among 5,928,814 people."

link=> http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mos...-america/42/?ftag=ACQ812ebde&vnid=32198068674

pcfixer · Aug 30, 2016

I don't believe this is accurate. How many guns are 'registered'? How many many guns have been here longer than the counting of registered?
A bunch of questions.......

whistlersmother · Aug 30, 2016

Are these just NFA items? PA doesn't require anything "registered" other than NFA, so how could a count be done?

If there are 22,000 MDS members, each owning 4 guns, we're already over 88,000... :innocent0

And how many of us own more then 4? Oh the horror - a weapons arsenal...

llkoolkeg · Aug 30, 2016

Agreed. I just want MD to be higher up their stupid list to offer forth a symbolic middle digit to O'Malady, Frash, Spankin, $hitlery and the rest of the gun-banning Demwits.

mopar92 · Aug 30, 2016

I did my part this Sunday at the Dundalk show.

Oddway Otts · Aug 30, 2016

Typical CBS News Baloney. Without providing the parameters and specifics, no poll is trustworthy. Besides, no one polled me or anyone I know.

llkoolkeg · Aug 30, 2016

From page 1-
"Methodology
As America reels from yet another mass shooting, inevitable questions resurface about guns laws and the nation's pervasive firearm culture. Here is a look at per capita weapons data, based on the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and 2013 data from the U.S. Census.

While the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is the only accessible list of its kind, it is not all-inclusive. NFA firearms only include the categories regulated by The National Firearms Act of 1934: machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors, destructive devices like bombs and grenades, concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy of an explosive, and any firearm with a bore over half an inch that has not been determined to have a legitimate sporting use."

Welder84 · Aug 30, 2016

Some articles say D.C is number 1.

danb · Aug 30, 2016

sigh, for the umpteenth time, this is based on NFA items. It does not count your pistol, rifle, or shotgun.

This is how many NFA goodies people have.

ToolAA · Aug 30, 2016

According to 2015 data MD ranks 21st in NFA's Ahead of Georgia just behind Kentucky. I think the last estimate I saw was that in maryland 21% of households had at least 1 gun. That was around 42nd of all states.

You are right we can do better.

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ToolAA · Aug 30, 2016

Welder84 said:
Some articles say D.C is number 1.

2014 data suggests that DC leads the nation in FireArm related homicide per capita. 10.8 per 100k residents.

They probably need to pass some sort of law there totally banning all fire arms. /s

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WeaponsCollector · Aug 30, 2016

"That's 88,732 registered firearms among 5,928,814 people."

I bet most of the guns in Maryland are NOT registered.

BeoBill · Aug 30, 2016

Notice the picture shows only pistols, and text specifies "registered". Not even close to the number of firearms in the Formerly Free State.

Blacksmith101 · Sep 4, 2016

llkoolkeg said:
"How heavily armed is your state?"

"11 (tie). Maryland
Maryland is tied with Pennsylvania for number 11 slot. For every 1,000 residents in Maryland, there are 15 guns. That's 88,732 registered firearms among 5,928,814 people."

link=> http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mos...-america/42/?ftag=ACQ812ebde&vnid=32198068674

There have been over 50,000 HQL's issued in Maryland since the law went into effect in 2013. You can probably assume there is at least one handgun per HQL.
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=177968&page=4

The Maryland NICS checks for January through August of this year were over 103,000.
2015 125,000
2014 142,000
2013 231,000
2012 136,000
2011 103,000
2010 88,000
From 1999 through 2009 Maryland averaged about 80,000 per year or approximately 880,000 NICS checks.
For a total of 1,808,000 NICS checks since its inception.
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year_by_state.pdf/view

Something tells me there are more than 88,000 firearms in the state. :innocent0

GunnerGunz · Sep 4, 2016

yeah the are way off the mark. Also lets not forget those who move into the state and have firearms that do not need to be registered. I think the story is full of it.

woodstock · Sep 4, 2016

realizing that every gun sold in MD is registered VOLUNTARILY i have made this an issue before but it fell on deaf ears, in order for anyone to buY a gun in maryland, you have to "volunteer" to register it. think about this, YOU HAVE TO VOLUNTEER to register it. if not, the sale connote be completed. YOU HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO REGISTER IT. VOLUNTEER MEANS WHAT? ugh!

Devil Dog · Sep 4, 2016

So if I sell one of my 4 guns to my buddy in PA, does that mean we drop down to #12?

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Blacksmith101 · Sep 4, 2016

woodstock said:
realizing that every gun sold in MD is registered VOLUNTARILY i have made this an issue before but it fell on deaf ears, in order for anyone to buY a gun in maryland, you have to "volunteer" to register it. think about this, YOU HAVE TO VOLUNTEER to register it. if not, the sale connote be completed. YOU HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO REGISTER IT. VOLUNTEER MEANS WHAT? ugh!

Not correct. Long guns are not registered unless you consider the Federal form 4477 and NICS check a "registration" and private face to face sales of long guns don't even have that.

I am certain the stolen and black market guns sold out of car trunks and in back alleys by criminals are not "registered".

Rack&Roll · Sep 4, 2016

woodstock said:
realizing that every gun sold in MD is registered VOLUNTARILY i have made this an issue before but it fell on deaf ears, in order for anyone to buY a gun in maryland, you have to "volunteer" to register it. think about this, YOU HAVE TO VOLUNTEER to register it. if not, the sale connote be completed. YOU HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO REGISTER IT. VOLUNTEER MEANS WHAT? ugh!

This "voluntary" registration scheme in MD involves only handguns. It is an openly acknowledged registration scheme.

Rifles/shotguns, no. Yes, a Federal background check, which suspicious folks assume is being tracked and compiled, but which would be illegal.

zoostation · Sep 4, 2016

Welder84 said:
Some articles say D.C is number 1.

Nahh, that's the list of illegal arms exporters.

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