Where Does Texas Rank Among the Most Heavily Armed States?

While a state like Texas is synonymous with firearms, how do you think the Lone Star State compares to the rest of the nation in number of guns owned?

ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is the only accessible list, it doesn't cover everything, just those covered in the National Firearms Act of 1934: machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors, destructive devices like bombs and grenades, concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy of an explosive, and any firearm with a bore over half an inch that has not been determined to have a legitimate sporting use. Not covered in the list are pistols, a large chunk of firearms owned in the country. Taking that into account, here's the order of states with the most arms per capita from CBS.

For a state that is synonymous with firearms, Texas didn't score as highly as many people probably expected. Another thing to note is the large change after the first five. Where as we see drops of 130, 20, and 10 within the top five spots, as the list progresses we only see a drop of a few tenths from one to the next.

1. Wyoming - 195.7 guns for every 1,000 residents
2. Washington D.C. - 66.4 guns for every 1,000 residents
3. Arkansas - 41.6 guns for every 1,000 residents
4. New Mexico - 40.5 guns for every 1,000 residents
5. Virginia - 30.1 guns for every 1,000 residents
6. Idaho - 24.2 guns for every 1,000 residents
7. Alabama - 20 guns for every 1,000 residents
8. Nevada - 19.5 guns for every 1,000 residents
9. Alaska - 15.2 guns for every 1,000 residents
10. Louisiana - 15.1 guns for every 1,000 residents
11. Maryland - 15 guns for every 1,000 residents
12. Pennsylvania - 15 guns for every 1,000 residents
13. Georgia - 14.6 guns for every 1,000 residents
14. New Hampshire - 14.6 guns for every 1,000 residents
15. Indiana - 14.1 guns for every 1,000 residents
16. Kentucky - 13.5 guns for every 1,000 residents
17. Utah - 12.9 guns for every 1,000 residents
18. Texas - 12.8 guns for every 1,000 residents
19. Oklahoma - 12.3 guns for every 1,000 residents
20. Colorado - 12 guns for every 1,000 residents
21. South Carolina - 11.6 guns for every 1,000 residents
22. South Dakota - 11.5 guns for every 1,000 residents
23. Ohio - 11.4 guns for every 1,000 residents
24. Oregon - 11.4 guns for every 1,000 residents
25. Connecticut - 11.3 guns for every 1,000 residents
26. Montana - 11.3 guns for every 1,000 residents
27. Tennessee - 11.3 guns for every 1,000 residents
28. North Carolina - 11.1 guns for every 1,000 residents
29. Kansas - 11 guns for every 1,000 residents
30. Florida - 10.2 guns for every 1,000 residents
31. Minnesota - 9.5 guns for every 1,000 residents
32. North Dakota - 9.5 guns for every 1,000 residents
33. Arizona - 9.4 guns for every 1,000 residents
34. West Virginia - 9.4 guns for every 1,000 residents
35. Illinois - 9.2 guns for every 1,000 residents
36. Maine - 8.7 guns for every 1,000 residents
37. Washington - 8.6 guns for every 1,000 residents
38. Missouri - 8.5 guns for every 1,000 residents
39. Wisconsin - 7.8 guns for every 1,000 residents
40. California - 7.6 guns for every 1,000 residents
41. Nebraska - 7.4 guns for every 1,000 residents
42. Mississippi - 6.8 guns for every 1,000 residents
43. Vermont - 6.4 guns for every 1,000 residents
44. Iowa - 6.1 guns for every 1,000 residents
45. New Jersey - 5.8 guns for every 1,000 residents
46. Hawaii - 5.1 guns for every 1,000 residents
47. Massachusetts - 4.9 guns for every 1,000 residents
48. Michigan - 4.3 guns for every 1,000 residents
49. Delaware - 4.2 guns for every 1,000 residents
50. Rhode Island - 3.8 guns for every 1,000 residents
51. New York - 3.3 guns for every 1,000 residents