Robb Allen has an interesting post over at his blog about guns and self defense in Florida. Check it out.
It seems that there is a large number of people in Florida who have used a firearm to defend their life and property. Here is how it shakes out statistically for all of the states in the U.S.:
By state: Alaska (31); Alabama (143); Arkansas (63); Arizona (98); California (265); Colorado (48); Connecticut (18); D.C. (2); Delaware (16); Florida (368); Georgia (161); Hawaii (3); Iowa (14); Idaho (19); Illinois (61); Indiana (117); Kansas (37); Kentucky (69); Louisiana (102); Massachusetts (22); Maryland (30); Maine (15); Michigan (118); Minnesota (29); Missouri (89); Mississippi (79); Montana (19); North Carolina (184); North Dakota (6); Nebraska (14); New Hampshire (22); New Jersey (13); New Mexico (29); Nevada (45); New York (87); Ohio (184); Oklahoma (102); Oregon (44); Pennsylvania (146); South Carolina (109); South Dakota (8); Tennessee (181); Texas (506); Utah (39); Virginia (83); Virgin Islands (1); Vermont (7); Washington (76); Wisconsin (33); West Virginia (22); Wyoming (9). (To find all incidents involving a particular state, use this URL with the post office two letter abbreviation substituted for AK.)
Did you notice that some of the "gun anal" states which have a fair amount of crime such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and even New York have low numbers of situations where people defended themselves with a firearm? That is because these states have effectively disarmed its citizens so they couldn't fight back. There are other states that are low simply because there is low crime there.
Check out some more statistics and facts here.
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