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Do you own a gun? Would you ever consider owning one? The United States is split into thirds on that subject.

Just under 30% of American adults currently own a gun. A little more than a third say they might own one in the future, and the other third can’t imagine ever having one.

In April 2020, the RAND Corporation published a long-term study tracking gun ownership in all 50 states, from 1980 to 2016. They combined survey-based estimates with other data indicative of gun ownership — shooting death records, gun-related magazine subscriptions, background check submissions and more — to determine the percentage of adults in each state who live in a household with at least one gun.

We’ve ranked the states by those percentages. Keep going to see where your state falls.

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