MADISON, WI (WRN) – A new study ranks Wisconsin 21st among the 50 states for retail gun sales per person.
There were 72-point-3 sales per 100-thousand people in 2018, an increase of just over 54 percent from 2009.
Security-dot-Org’s “Gun Country” study is based on the most recent background check data released by the FBI through 2018.
Montana had the highest number of gun sales per person, with Alaska, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming rounding out the top five.
The states with the lowest gun sales? New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Nebraska, and North Carolina.
