Essay:State Firearms Laws Ranking

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Gun Laws in the 50 States and D.C.

While most Bill of Rights issues have been ironed out at the national level by the Supreme Court and applied to the 50 States (e.g. search and seizure, due process, etc.), the Court has studiously avoided so applying the Second Amendment. Therefore, gun owners have no local Second Amendment protection and are at the legislative mercy of their State, if not their county or city. This foments random peril for any travelling gun owner.

Anti Second Amendment State List

The list of Anti Second Amendment "Unfree states" - Nanny States was established by polling readers/listeners of conservative blogs, conservative podcasts, conservative websites, conservative forums, libertarian blogs, preparedness blogs, and Gun blogs.

Below is the list with some of their gun grabbing Constitution violating, Oath-breaker liberal Democrat elitist politicians politicians:

• California - Diane Feinstein (worth $41.78 million), Nancy Pelosi (worth $26.43 million), Barbara Boxer, Henry Waxman, Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Howard Berman, Bob Filner, Jane Harman, Adam Schiff, Brad Sherman, Tom Lantos, Susan Davis, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner

• Colorado - Jared Polis (worth $72.09 million)

• Connecticut - Richard Blumenthal (worth $79.11 million), Joe Lieberman

• Delaware - former Sen. Joe Biden

• Hawaii - Brian Schatz

• Illinois - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (worth $12 million with $6 mil salary), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)

• Maryland - Benjamin Cardin,

• Maine - Chellie Pingree (worth $28.58 million)

• Massachusetts - John Kerry (worth $193 million), Ted Kennedy (was worth $163 million), Barney Frank [D, MA-04]

• New Jersey - Frank Lautenberg (was worth $116.1 million), Steve Rothman

• New York - former Sen. Hillary Clinton, New York City former Mayor Michael Bloomberg (worth $31 billion), Charles Schumer, Mario Cuomo, Jerrold Nadler, Anthony Weiner, (sexting scandal), Gary Ackerman, Steve Israel, Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey, Jerrold Nadler,

• Oregon - Ron Wyden

• Rhode Island - David Cicilline (RI-1)

• Vermont - Bernie Sanders

• Washington State - Maria Cantwell (worth $5.56 million)

• Washington DC - President Barak Obama

"The East Coast and West Coasts had the most liberal states including Vermont, Massachusetts, Delaware, New York, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Maine, California and New Jersey."

Qualities of the Free States

A free state suggests:

• Respect for the unalienable rights/civil rights of the Bill of Rights, especially the gun rights / right to self-defense, home security and deterrence against tyranny
• Libertarian values
• Conservative values
• Ludwig von Mises' conservative libertarian Austrian economics and Fiscal conservatism -Capitalist Conservative economic policies of Ron Paul
• Essay:Modern Survivalism: "Essay:if times get tough, or even if then don't", Essay:Debt is financial cancer, Essay:Tax is theft, Renewable energy, Financial security, Essay:You are in control of your life