firearms

A new ranking that claims Illinois is the new gun capital of the Midwest. Could it be true?

According to the law in Illinois, there are certain individuals who are not supposed to possess firearms. The Illinois State Police just completed a monthly enforcement crackdown to make sure those people are in compliance and it resulted in 318 firearms being taken.

I am not a fan of stereotypes of anything and love proving the incorrect ones untrue. There's a perception that Missouri Amish families cannot use firearms, but the truth might just surprise you.

There are many reasons why the federal government agencies track firearms. Most, if not all, are attempts to assist law enforcement agencies. However, the raw numbers of exactly how many firearms in Missouri that are traced each year by the feds is truly staggering.

I've seen statistics like this shared, but they are often accompanied by a narrative that some organization or political party is trying to use to make a case. I am not a political person and that's not what I'm doing by sharing numbers that show Missouri sadly has one of the highest gun death rates in America.

This is probably the least surprising statistic I've seen from 2023, but there's a part of me that's also surprised and I'll explain why. Did you know that almost no states had residents that bought fewer firearms than Illinois last year? The numbers don't lie.

There is a new study that mentions that Illinois is one of the states that can actually "take your gun away".

This is a controversial topic that I'll make no apologies for. If you're curious about where the most heavily-armed county is in America, you don't need to travel far. It's right across the border from Illinois.

From the beginning, let me state this is not a commentary about gun ownership or gun rights. It's just a ranking I find interesting about the number of gun stores and sales in both Missouri and Illinois. Spoiler alert: there are way more in Missouri and it's not even close.

Two people, including a Hannibal man, were taken to the Audrain County Jail on outstanding warrants and other charges.