States Ranked with the highest rates of legal gun carry licenses.

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My state of Indiana is #3.

We have the 3rd highest rate of carry licenses in the USA. The top 5 states are listed below, these are also the only states where at least 10% of the population has a license to carry. Footnoted in the rankings are states with 'Constitutional Carry' laws, states which issue non-resident licenses, etc.

http://crimepreventionresearchcente...he-Crime-Prevention-Research-Center-Final.pdf

#1 Alabama - 12.64%
#2 South Dakoka - 12.30%
#3 Indiana - 11.64%
#4 Pennsylvania - 10.62%
#5 Tennessee - 10.21%
#6 Utah†† 9.38%
#7 Georgia - 9.35%
#8 Iowa - 9.33%
#9 West Virginia - 8.87%
#10 Washington - 8.83%
#11 Idaho * - 8.62%
#12 Florida - 8.52%
#13 Connecticut - 8.36%
#14 Arkansas† - 7.85%
#15 Michigan - 7.73%
#16 Kentucky - 7.67%
#17 Oklahoma - 7.28%
#18 North Dakota - 7.20%

See the link above to find the rest of the list.

†States where permits not required to carry within the state. Permits only obtained to carry outside of state. These numbers will dramatically underestimate the true rate that guns are legally carried concealed in these states.
* Permits not required to carry in 99.4 percent of Montana and a similar percentage in Idaho. For those people, the only reason that they would obtain a permit is to carry in other states.
†† Only Utah's permits to residents are included here.
o Florida’s number includes a significant number of out of state residents.