20 States with the Most Guns Per Capita in the US

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6. Virginia

Guns Per Capita: 49

Gun Deaths per 100,000 People: 14.9

Virginia, a southeastern US state, extends from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains and boasts a long Atlantic coastline. Known as “the birthplace of a nation” due to being the site of the first permanent English settlement, Virginia has a significant historical heritage. According to the Virginia Department of Health, there were 2,760 firearm injury emergency department visits in 2022, with an average of three Virginians dying by firearm every day between 2016 and 2022.

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