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Posted: 9/23/2014 1:14:29 AM EDT
http://www.wideopenspaces.com/map-of-most-armed-counties/
The most heavily armed county in the US is (drum roll, please) – Faribanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Second place goes to Tooele County, Utah and third is Nez Perce County, Arizona. City-Data.com compiled the list (We should note there’s no source posted for the city-data list) and Reddit user Ramsesses_Deux created the map. 
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Posted: 9/23/2014 2:27:53 AM EDT
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Only 9 damn 4473's in the past the past year
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Posted: 9/23/2014 2:58:30 AM EDT
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I'm doing my part selling off guns and arming more people.
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Posted: 9/23/2014 3:54:34 AM EDT
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Only 9 damn 4473's in the past the past year LOL, I have had like 6 since the beginning of this year, where is everyone at? LOL |
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Posted: 9/23/2014 4:26:13 AM EDT
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LOL, I have had like 6 since the beginning of this year, where is everyone at? LOL Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Only 9 damn 4473's in the past the past year LOL, I have had like 6 since the beginning of this year, where is everyone at? LOL One early this year, and one more coming with PFD's. 
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Posted: 9/23/2014 8:46:17 AM EDT
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I believe they understate that #1 status a bit.
There are more than a few single guys with $100k incomes living in cheap apartments with the balance going to gun collections. When I was house hunting in Fairbanks, 9/10 houses had visible evidence of guns around, from a discreet gunsafe to many guns strewn around like leftover coffee cups. Wish my Canadian wife could have seen that - she was so terrified of anyone even knowing we were a gun owning household. The gun ownership rate in Fairbanks is so high, that non-gun owners are by definition, weird. |
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Posted: 9/23/2014 11:42:12 AM EDT
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That's got to go for pretty much all of Alaska though, right? I always figured the majority of all Alaskans were armed. I don't go around asking, but through conversations, and the number of people who hunt, I just kind of take it for granted.
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Posted: 9/23/2014 3:25:55 PM EDT
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That's got to go for pretty much all of Alaska though, right? I always figured the majority of all Alaskans were armed. I don't go around asking, but through conversations, and the number of people who hunt, I just kind of take it for granted. I don't remember where this comes from so the validity may be in question, but years back I remember being told that there are about 10 guns for every person in Alaska. Knowing some of you folks, I doubt it isn't true. 
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Posted: 9/23/2014 3:33:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't remember where this comes from so the validity may be in question, but years back I remember being told that there are about 10 guns for every person in Alaska. Knowing some of you folks, I doubt it isn't true. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That's got to go for pretty much all of Alaska though, right? I always figured the majority of all Alaskans were armed. I don't go around asking, but through conversations, and the number of people who hunt, I just kind of take it for granted. I don't remember where this comes from so the validity may be in question, but years back I remember being told that there are about 10 guns for every person in Alaska. Knowing some of you folks, I doubt it isn't true.  |
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Posted: 9/23/2014 5:18:07 PM EDT
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Lot's of guns in rural AK.
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That's got to go for pretty much all of Alaska though, right? I always figured the majority of all Alaskans were armed. I don't go around asking, but through conversations, and the number of people who hunt, I just kind of take it for granted. I don't remember where this comes from so the validity may be in question, but years back I remember being told that there are about 10 guns for every person in Alaska. Knowing some of you folks, I doubt it isn't true.
That's what I mean. I'm not surprised Fairbanks is on the list, I'm surprised that the rest of the State isn't. I would think that basically all of Alaska would show up as red on that map. Edit: Looking back on it, Fairbanks is #1 and Anchorage is #11, which is pretty good. Although I'm surprised no other borough had over 25% gun ownership (that would crack the top 100 in their list). Juneau isn't mentioned. If this is accurate, I actually moved to a county with LESS gun ownership than where I came from (Adams County, CO clocks in at #78) |
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Posted: 9/23/2014 6:40:46 PM EDT
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Most guns from other boroughs are purchased in Fairbanks or Anchorage though so that may be why they don't show up. Plus a lot of theirs are purchased or handed down locally instead of through an FFL which most all villages don't even have.
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Posted: 9/23/2014 7:49:47 PM EDT
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I don't have any guns. I just like the friendly banter and wise cracks from you guys.
Things that go bang scare me. Hold me Armstrong... |
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Posted: 9/23/2014 7:55:27 PM EDT
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I don't have any guns. I just like the friendly banter and wise cracks from you guys. Things that go bang scare me. Hold me Armstrong... Well, the temperature IS dropping... |
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Posted: 9/23/2014 8:10:09 PM EDT
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Ha ha, Your nasty.
Big boy 
Spend a week in Tok and see what it gets you... Conversations like this. 
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Posted: 9/23/2014 10:45:13 PM EDT
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I don't have any guns. I just like the friendly banter and wise cracks from you guys. Things that go bang scare me. Hold me Armstrong... I knew you guys looked fishy...
Oh god, I made a pun. My wife is getting to me. Sig, it's time to get the shotgun so I can go the way of 'ol Yeller before they convert me. Been fun guys.
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Posted: 9/23/2014 11:13:02 PM EDT
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Convert you? I thought we caught something from you Fairbanks fellas.
I'm stayin home from now on. It's better under my rock anyhow. On the ISLAND.
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Posted: 9/23/2014 11:13:08 PM EDT
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10. Would be more but I bought a new gunsafe...
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Posted: 9/24/2014 6:39:52 AM EDT
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Convert you? I thought we caught something from you Fairbanks fellas.
I'm stayin home from now on. It's better under my rock anyhow. On the ISLAND. Oh, that is cold. It's on funny man. Give me a few weeks to put my public school education to work and I'll come up with a scathing retort. Just you wait. 
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Posted: 9/24/2014 10:51:01 AM EDT
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Oh that was good. Going to be a good day today.
I'll be watching for you.
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Posted: 9/24/2014 11:15:26 AM EDT
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I'll be watching for you. 
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Posted: 9/24/2014 12:13:55 PM EDT
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They don't call it fast eddy's for nothin..
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Posted: 9/24/2014 10:29:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryNot sure if flattered or creeped out. 
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Posted: 9/24/2014 10:48:23 PM EDT
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I can't see that. Probably for the better.
Hold me Nor... nevermind.
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Posted: 9/25/2014 2:58:48 AM EDT
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Fixed just for you snuggle buddy
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Posted: 9/25/2014 9:29:24 AM EDT
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Oh no, I wish I still couldn't see that.
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Posted: 9/30/2014 11:22:33 PM EDT
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most folks don't realize there are more FFL dealers than gas stations in Alaska!
and for the above poster about villages...most villages DO have FFL's.. I've been to villages with only a few hundred people, and there would be 2 FFL dealers. These numbers are skewed... I would believe closer to 95 present of ALL Alaskan houses to have guns in them. most of the 5% being in Anchorage, |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 1:46:08 AM EDT
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most folks don't realize there are more FFL dealers than gas stations in Alaska! and for the above poster about villages...most villages DO have FFL's.. I've been to villages with only a few hundred people, and there would be 2 FFL dealers. These numbers are skewed... I would believe closer to 95 present of ALL Alaskan houses to have guns in them. most of the 5% being in Anchorage, Really? Wow. Bet the ATF loves making runs out to the bush. Are they held to a different standard or are they having to ship in safes? |
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Posted: 10/1/2014 1:46:57 PM EDT
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Well back in the late 90's I believe Alaska hit something like 1 in 10 people were dealers. We had the highest dealer ratio per capita. Much of these were no storefront, non stocking garage type. Then around 2000 they started cracking down and adding new requirements for the FFL like property zoning and things, as well as jacking up the fees. The amount of FFL holders in the country plummeted. However,
In 2014 there are 995 FFL holders (of every type total) in Alaska. Texas has over 10,000. http://www.atf.gov/sites/default/files/assets/pdf-files/ffl-type-by-state-012014.pdf but our ration is 1 in 750 and Texas 1 in 2,640. We may not be #1 one in FFL's per capita but sorry Texas, you lose again.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 2:01:33 PM EDT
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Well back in the late 90's I believe Alaska hit something like 1 in 10 people were dealers. We had the highest dealer ratio per capita. Much of these were no storefront, non stocking garage type. Then around 2000 they started cracking down and adding new requirements for the FFL like property zoning and things, as well as jacking up the fees. The amount of FFL holders in the country plummeted. However, In 2014 there are 995 FFL holders (of every type total) in Alaska. Texas has over 10,000. http://www.atf.gov/sites/default/files/assets/pdf-files/ffl-type-by-state-012014.pdf but our ration is 1 in 750 and Texas 1 in 2,640. We may not be #1 one in FFL's per capita but sorry Texas, you lose again.
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Posted: 10/1/2014 2:32:01 PM EDT
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Really? Wow. Bet the ATF loves making runs out to the bush. Are they held to a different standard or are they having to ship in safes? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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most folks don't realize there are more FFL dealers than gas stations in Alaska! and for the above poster about villages...most villages DO have FFL's.. I've been to villages with only a few hundred people, and there would be 2 FFL dealers. These numbers are skewed... I would believe closer to 95 present of ALL Alaskan houses to have guns in them. most of the 5% being in Anchorage, Really? Wow. Bet the ATF loves making runs out to the bush. Are they held to a different standard or are they having to ship in safes? nope, usually BATFE make telephonic inspections/ Initial screenings in remote village locations. Thanks Mike for the exact numbers. Now I wonder how many gas stations there really are in Alaska? |
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Posted: 10/2/2014 1:55:48 AM EDT
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Well it's not like Vegas where I can see four corners of an intersection, each with it's own gas station, and sometimes two of them are the same company.
 Talk about stiff competition.Driving around Alaska, I would say there aren't nearly enough.
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