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2. How do you explain Illinois, then? In IL, one must have a "FOID" card to purchase a firearm.
Mon Jul 4, 2016, 02:09 PM
Jul 2016

This is a far more objective way of determining the number of gun owners (in IL, anyway) than depending on people to answer an anonymous person truthfully when asked on the phone, "Do you have any guns in your house?".

The most recent data I could find was for 2009 -2013. In that short time, the number of people authorized to legally own guns in the Land of Lincoln rose by 33%.



Is IL a pro-gun outlier among the other 49 states?

(upon edit) Found more info! From 2010 to 2015, the number of people with gun licenses went up by 66% in Massachusetts.

http://wwlp.com/2015/11/10/i-team-guns-licenses-jump-by-66-in-massachusetts/

Another outlier?

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