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For Sale: (Plenty of) guns online
The Dayton Daily News compiled a tally of guns for sale or trade in each state on Aug. 21, 2013 on the web site Armslist.com, which is a large free classified ad site for firearms. Ohio ranked first for the number of gun listings. Use the maps below to explore how many postings for certain weapon types originated from which states.
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Total for sale or trade 1 to 1,000 1,000 to 2,000 2,000 to 5,000 5,000 to 7,000 7,000 to 8,880 Guns for sale or trade at Armslist.com Daily tally of firearms for sale or trade listed on Armslist.com, a large free classified ad website devoted to firearms and gun-related equipment. Note: This data was compiled on Aug. 21, 2013 when 104,424 guns were available nationwide at the website. Duplicate ads are possible. The website has separate categories for semi-automatic weapons and "striker fire" weapons, which include semi-automatic handguns. It's unclear if ads can appear in both categories. District of Columbia had no search filter so DC total may be incomplete. More interactives: Top death sentences counties More interactives: Ohio's globe-trotting congressmen More interactives: Air Force Marathon's changing pace More interactives: Who's paying their smoking ban fines? More interactives: Building the Big Red Machine More interactives: March on Washington archives More interactives: Prosecuted for child explotation More interactives: Ohio's top speeding ticket locations Reporting by Lynn Hulsey | Maps by Kyle Nagel |
Rank (total) State 2012 Population Total for sale or trade Population rank Rank (per 10,000 population) 1 Ohio 11,544,225 8,879 7 6 2 North Carolina 9,752,073 7,825 10 5 3 Florida 19,317,568 5,341 4 30 4 Oklahoma 3,814,820 5,323 28 1 5 Indiana 6,537,334 5,283 16 4 6 Colorado 5,187,582 4,658 22 3 7 Tennessee 6,456,243 4,508 17 9 8 South Carolina 4,723,723 4,257 24 2 9 Texas 26,059,203 4,192 2 37 10 Missouri 6,021,988 4,082 18 11 11 Washington 6,897,012 3,849 13 17 12 Alabama 4,822,023 3,446 23 8 13 Michigan 9,883,360 3,158 9 26 14 Wisconsin 5,726,398 3,123 20 18 15 Georgia 9,919,945 2,990 8 28 16 Kentucky 4,380,415 2,784 26 13 17 Virginia 8,185,867 2,755 12 25 18 Oregon 3,899,353 2,681 27 10 19 Pennsylvania 12,763,536 2,353 6 34 20 Kansas 2,885,905 2,168 33 7 21 Illinois 12,875,255 2,159 5 36 22 California 38,041,430 2,143 1 46 23 Minnesota 5,379,139 1,826 21 24 24 Arkansas 2,949,131 1,744 32 15 25 Arizona 6,553,255 1,604 15 33 26 Nevada 2,758,931 1,119 35 21 27 New York 19,570,261 1,077 3 47 28 Iowa 3,074,186 841 30 31 29 New Mexico 2,085,538 796 36 23 30 Mississippi 2,984,926 794 31 32 31 New Hampshire 1,320,718 771 42 16 32 Idaho 1,595,728 661 39 20 33 Hawaii 1,392,313 650 40 19 34 Montana 1,005,141 645 44 12 35 Nebraska 1,855,525 563 37 27 36 Louisiana 4,601,893 448 25 41 37 Maryland 5,884,563 382 19 44 38 Vermont 626,011 374 50 14 39 New Jersey 8,864,590 300 11 50 40 West Virginia 1,855,413 249 38 39 40 Massachusetts 6,646,144 249 14 49 42 Wyoming 576,412 223 51 22 43 Connecticut 3,590,347 213 29 45 44 Alaska 731,449 211 47 29 45 Utah 2,855,287 207 34 42 46 South Dakota 833,354 153 46 35 47 Delaware 917,092 122 45 40 48 North Dakota 699,628 94 48 38 48 Maine 1,329,192 94 41 43 50 Rhode Island 1,050,292 56 43 48 51 District of Columbia 632,323 1 49 51
Source: U.S. Census data and Dayton Daily News analysis of Armlist.com online classified ads.
