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The Best State For Gun Owners

What is the Best State For Gun Owners?

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My "home" state of VT used to be the most gun friendly I have ever lived. That ended when they passed a silly magazine capacity ban because of out of state Yuppies moving into Burlington. Alabama may not have perrmit less carry like VT, but we aren't limited by rounds. Just by how much you want to carry in the heat.
 
IJ1981 said:
Every year the dynamics change, state by state.Florida gets a bit better, Oregon plummets down the cliff.

Taking everything into account, what state do you feel is doing the best job on our 2A freedom? Maybe a state you may think about moving to in the future.

Stay tuned.
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It never fails to amaze my how people gloss over a very important aspect of gun rights and its almost never included, and that is the enforcement of the dreaded "no gun signs" and weather or not they carry letter of the law. For example, here in KY they do not, if you enter a place with one posted you are NOT breaking the law unless asked to leave and you refuse. But in a state like Arizona if your caught carrying where it's posted you will likely be arrested. Here you see people open carrying all over and rarely see anybody freak out. Also right to carry here, stand your ground, and a state constructionally second ammendment sanctuary against federal gun laws. Any officer caught aiding the ATF for example is open to criminal prosecution as well as dismissal.
 
herrwalther said:
My "home" state of VT used to be the most gun friendly I have ever lived. That ended when they passed a silly magazine capacity ban because of out of state Yuppies moving into Burlington. Alabama may not have perrmit less carry like VT, but we aren't limited by rounds. Just by how much you want to carry in the heat.
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Didn’t Kimber move its plant here (to Alabama)?
 
Anchorite said:
Didn’t Kimber move its plant here (to Alabama)?
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News to me. According to a quick Google search they moved a headquarters to Troy, AL. Doesn't look like much or any manufacteuring is done here. Good on them. They specifically said in a presse release a few years ago that pro-gun and pro-business policies in Alabama helped influence the move. I know HK has a small satellite plant down near Enterprise. And a very large Remington plant was in Huntsville.
 
The question might be better framed as 'which state is best buttressed to *keep* things favorable to gun owners, and why?' rather than trying to quantify each based on its static position. More importantly, 'pro-gun' or 'anti-gun states' is a fairly contemporary construct. Some of the states which would never make the polling here today. weren't actually that bad a few decades back. And others that were always lauded as gun paradises, aren't so much anymore.
 
I selected Other for Iowa. There are several other states on my list of places to move to. My criteria is not only the 2A friendly laws at present, but how the states have been trending over years. Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri have been trending toward more gun friendly for years now, and there are a lot of other things to love about those states.

Living in the Peoples Republic of Illinois, every state around us is better. Illinois should be invaded and forced back into the Union, as should California.
 
I voted my home state of Indiana.
Constitutional carry.
Lifetime license.
No registration or waiting period.
"No gun signs" are not enforced by law.
Can carry in establishment's that serve alcohol.
Bonus points for all the Chicago politicians delusionally blaming all that cities gun violence on our states lax gun laws.
 
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IMHO, only states that have:
  1. constitutional carry
  2. open carry
  3. full NFA rights
  4. "castle doctrine"
  5. right to defend property
  6. no silly foid cards or other registration
should be considered.

I'm not 100% sure whether or not I'd include "stand your ground" to the list or not.
 
SSN Vet said:
IMHO, only states that have:
  1. constitutional carry
  2. open carry
  3. full NFA rights
  4. "castle doctrine"
  5. right to defend property
  6. no silly foid cards or other registration
should be considered.

I'm not 100% sure whether or not I'd include "stand your ground" to the list or not.
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I'll take "stand your ground" over "right to defend property" any day; not going to shoot somebody over a lawnmower!
 
When I moved to Oregon, it was one of the best for gun ownership. Now, it is working hard to be one of the worst for gun laws.

I am seventy-seven, retired military, and VA rated 100% disabled. We pay zero income tax and reduced property tax. There is no sales tax. Some years, we get a refund on our income tax even though we paid zero. If there is a surplus in the state's budget at the end of the fiscal year, it is returned as what they call a kicker check to anyone filing income tax.

My wife's family came to the Willamette Valley on a wagon train in 1847 and homesteaded. It would be hard for us to relocate to a different state.
 
Shanvanvocht said:
I'll take "stand your ground" over "right to defend property" any day; not going to shoot somebody over a lawnmower!
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I agree... you can have my lawnmower if you really want it.
Maine law allows you to use deadly force to stop an arsonist setting fire to your barn, house, etc... or to protect your animals.
Both are considered property and would be worth defending in my mind. Not every state allows you to do so.

Stand your ground seems to get used by dirtbag instigators to claim self-defence as often as not in places like FL.
 
357 Terms said:
I voted my home state of Indiana.
Constitutional carry.
Lifetime license.
No registration or waiting period.
"No gun signs" are not enforced by law.
Can carry in establishment's that serve alcohol.
Bonus points for all the Chicago politicians delusionally blaming all that cities gun violence on our states lax gun laws.
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Back in the day, sales of handgun ammo was documented, and you had to show your ID, and that included 22LR ammo. Indiana has come a long way...
 
I live in Texas... we have some decent gun laws. I usually abide by the 30.06 and 30.07 signs if they are correct and posted properly... otherwise I don't care. Open carry, and now Constitutional Carry, are nice, but I don't open, and I still maintain my CHL for a number of reasons, including interstate reciprocity. Having said all that, there is a hidden undercurrent of anti-gun in Texas, and that includes places like Collin County, north of Dallas, where I live. Supposedly, Collin County is 'ultra conservative,' but the way they manage this place has me scratching my head sometimes. Both of the local outdoor ranges near me were closed years ago because they were tired of fighting the County. If you want to shut someone down, you regulate and legislate it out of existence.
 
Spats McGee said:
I'm going to join the "Hey, wait a minute!" crowd. Arkansas should totally be on the list.
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I don't live in Arkansas, never have, but have spent a bit of time there with family in SE AR (Drew County) and gotten the chance to tootle around the state a bit -- I think as a gun-friendly state with some great outdoor recreation opportunities, Arkansas is often overlooked and always underrated.

Big_Al said:
Not washington
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Yet before 2014, Washington was easily in the top 5 states for gun-owners. Lesson for those of you in the purple states (you know who you are or you deny it) -- don't blink, and don't allow yourself the same hubris that gun-owners, hunters and sportsmen all demonstrated, even though we had indications the tide was turning against us.
 
Old Dog said:
I don't live in Arkansas, never have, but have spent a bit of time there with family in SE AR (Drew County) and gotten the chance to tootle around the state a bit -- I think as a gun-friendly state with some great outdoor recreation opportunities, Arkansas is often overlooked and always underrated.


Yet before 2014, Washington was easily in the top 5 states for gun-owners. Lesson for those of you in the purple states (you know who you are or you deny it) -- don't blink, and don't allow yourself the same hubris that gun-owners, hunters and sportsmen all demonstrated, even though we had indications the tide was turning against us.
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Stop talking good about Arkansas, my brother lives there and perfer it be know as the worst place on earth, especially for West Coast SF people thinking about relocating!

Walmarts, Guns & BBQ, unkept everything, skeeter, and crawdaddies EVERYWHERE
 
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