New numbers show Colorado’s gun culture remains strong

By Nate Wilde | COOL 107.9 FM

How Many of Colorado’s Residents Are Gun Owners?

Despite all of the factors that contribute to the aforementioned 45.1% of Colorado households being home to guns, every one of the states that border the Centennial State has reported higher rates of gun ownership.

Nebraska barely leads Colorado in gun ownership, with a rate of 45.2%, while New Mexico reports a gun ownership rate of 46.2%, Arizona reports a gun ownership rate of 46.3%, and Utah reports another comparable gun ownership rate of 46.8%

The percentage of households that claim to be gun owners rises when we get to Kansas, a state that reports a 48.9% gun ownership rate, but two of Colorado’s neighboring states rank much higher than the rest.

These states are Oklahoma and Wyoming, which report gun ownership rates of 54.7% and 66.2%, respectively.

In fact, Wyoming has the second-most households with guns in the nation, only trailing the top spot, which belongs to Montana, by 0.1%.

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