Top 20 states with the most guns in 2012
NICS background checks per 100,000 residents: 9,730
Previous rank: 22nd
Previous rank: 22nd

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I hate being second. Let's work on being first, Utah.
Where's Nevada? Oh, that's right--you don't need an NICS if you have a CCW in Nevada (issued after July 2011).
And, let's see. Kentucky had a population of about 4.4 million in 2011, with 3.5 million of them applying for a gun purchase since Sep 2010. Seriously?
There are a lot of questions left unaddressed and unanswered in this article.