Wyoming Leads in Gun Ownership
Date: Oct 2, 2005 10:59 AM
Remember, many people are not going to give “honest”
answers to questions about the guns in their home to
somebody calling them up on the telephone. Therefore,
we can safely speculate Vermont really “leads” in the
gun in private homes race. Vermonters encourage the
other states to work to catch up.
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Wyoming Leads in Gun Ownership

A study published in the Pediatrics journal in September
says that Wyoming has the highest per capita rate of gun
ownership, while Alabama appears to be the state with the
largest number of unsecured firearms in the home.

According to The Casper (WY) Star-Tribune, more than 5% of
Wyoming children live in homes with unsecured, loaded
firearms. Around the country, about 1.7 million children
and teens live in such homes, the study said.

The data was collected during a 2002 telephone survey of
some 241,000 adults, the newspaper reported.

According to the report, 63% of Wyoming homes have guns,
while the national average is 33%.