Reply #2: There are more people licensed to carry concealed in Florida... [View All]

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than there are people licensed to own firearms in Massachusetts.

Guns do not have to be registered in Massachusetts, but dealers do have to log the sale of guns with the state. Those records are not public, Cristley said.

Overall, 237,277 of the state's 6.4 million residents are licensed gun owners — just under 4 percent of the population.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081005/NEWS/810050334

According to the Concealed Weapon / Firearm Summary Report issued monthly by Florida, 520,443 concealed weapons permits are currently valid. Note that far more people in Florida own firearms but do not have carry permits.
http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/cw_monthly.html

Of course, the population of Massachusetts is 6,437,193 while the population of Florida is 18,089,888 (2006 estimate).
http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article_1230.shtml

Still I found the factoid interesting.

edited to correct spelling