How about one of these guns in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Washington, D.C. or even California? Yep, you don't. Alright guys, welcome back to another episode of Sick Shooter TV. My name is Tyler and today I'm gonna be going over a video I actually did back in 2017 and it caught quite a bit of attention so I figured I'd go ahead and redo it for 2018 and this year we're not gonna put any music behind it so I know that I was quite a few complaints in the comments and for those of you who haven't seen the video or have no idea what I'm talking about we are gonna be making a video on the top 10 best states to live in if you are a gun owner. Now one thing that I always like to do is go through the five worst states just to kind of shout them out and you know shame on you guys kind of thing and I kind of already went over that little bit in the intro there but what the heck we'll go over it one more time so the top five worst states and then actually starts at state 51 which I know sounds kind of weird. So state 51 is gonna be of course New York. Previous ranking was 50 so they did go down a spot, New Jersey is ranked 50 and Massachusetts, Hawaii, Washington, D.C. and there's that weird like little 51 is Washington, D.C. and then California and all these were previously ranked the top five worst before so not much has changed so just shuffle order a little bit. So if you're looking to be a gun owner don't move to those states. Alright now let's go ahead and get into the top 10. So for number 10 we have Georgia. So as far as Georgia getting bumped I don't think that they their previous ranking was ranked 9 and they got bumped to 10. I don't think that it has a whole lot to do with points. I mean you can read the quick little paragraph right there but other than that my guesses I know another state did make it that was a little bit farther behind Georgia before but Georgia still remains in the top 10 again. Previous ranking was number nine. Let's just go ahead and move it on to ranking number nine and that's Texas. Texas also got bumped from eight down to nine. So again still in the top 10 so as far as I'm concerned they're doing good. I'm gonna shock to see how low Texas is though. And I think of a gun state I always my mind goes straight to Texas. So they do you know they do everything across the board. It says right there Texas does well across the board and our survey thanks to a strong RTC law that now includes open carry and then they also have a strong use of force law. So the use of force law as far as like what I'm looking at it seems like the guns and ammo magazine who does this ranking every year basis a lot of what they are you know the state rankings off the use of force law too. So I just keeping that in mind number eight we are gonna move to Montana. Montana actually got bumped quite a few their previous ranking was number five. So I got bumped down a couple spots. The governor did vote permitless carry bill in 2017. So I think the state got a pretty big bump from whatever they were before to five before. And again they now they went down to to eight. So one thing that's cool about Montana there is it's obviously home to a lot of firearm manufacturers. So a little interesting fact about myself too. I'm actually kind of considering moving out to Montana. So I'm really considering that in one other state and we'll get to that other state shortly. Next date Utah Utah again big thing on use of force law. So that's again why they're gonna have a little bit higher ranking. They were previous ranked number six firearm manufacturers out there. And then I know that they actually have one of the most popular gunsmithing schools in the nation. So I don't know if they took that into account on this but as far as I'm concerned I think that that's also something to definitely think about as far as gunsmithing and that kind of stuff. Now number six we're gonna move to is Oklahoma and Oklahoma. I don't think much has changed for them. Again previous rank was number four. So I feel like not a lot has changed within the top 10. They just kind of shuffled around it seemed like one thing that's cool about Oklahoma is they allow permitless carry for gun owners from the states whose law allows it to recognize all state permits. So obviously that's a huge point. A lot of states don't recognize that. I know I think I want to say there's like 20 or 21 if I remember correctly it could be way off on that. But Oklahoma number six now number five is Wyoming. And Wyoming got a huge bump this year. They went from their previous ranking as number 17 up to spot five. So I think Wyoming is one of the reasons that a lot of these other ones got a bump. Not so much Oklahoma but more of what's like Utah Montana Texas in Georgia. Because again a lot of those spots they only moved by one and Wyoming's now on that top top 10. So kind of makes a little bit more sense. So one thing that was previously hurting Wyoming was the use of force law. So again there's that use of force law coming back. And it hurt them before. Some bills got passed and basically now that those bills passed we're seeing basically Wyoming got a huge bump in. And they got more points as far as the actual rank goes. So all right number four is Kansas. Unfortunately a bill that didn't pass was the out of state CCW permit. It died in the legislative. But again right there says Kansas is still a great state for gun owners passing its initial CCW law in 2006. So the it looks like Kansas also lost a few points in the miscellaneous column. Since the state lacks the thriving competitive shooting landscape in general gun culture that we see elsewhere. So kind of an interesting statement especially for that if they're losing points for that. I'm surprised to see that they're still ranked number four. Kansas isn't a typical state that I think of when I think of you know good states for gun owners. But again it seems like it's a great state just because they are ranked so high at number four. Again previous rank was three. Now Alaska Alaska was ranked number two last year. They got bumped to number three. And again I feel like not a whole lot has changed with Alaska from last year. Basically I mean obviously it's Alaska. There's a lot of hunting and stuff like that. I think there is some some shooting stuff. And I want to say I don't know the statistic off the top of my head. But I know there is some really crazy statistic about Alaska and how many people are actually gun owners there. So it's like I mean some crazy crazy high number. It seems like almost everyone up there has a gun which is awesome. So keep going Alaska. All right now this is one that I'm very excited about. It's Idaho. A reason that I'm so excited about Idaho is because I'm actually contemplating moving there. Not only for the gun laws obviously that's going to be a huge benefit to me now. But everything is just so much cheaper in Idaho. It seems like everywhere else is just getting so expensive just like DMV and state fees and stuff like that. Idaho just remains very inexpensive in the state is absolutely beautiful. And clearly again when it comes to gun laws they know what they're doing. Hunting is absolutely phenomenal over there. I don't quote me on this but I believe you can get hair tags which is really cool versus organ we have to shoot something with horns. So definitely a state that I am considering and again not just for the gun owner side of me but just for my whole life and my hobbies and everything like that. Just seems like Idaho is there. And the reason for the huge boost this year is because of the use of force laws and they removed the duty to retreat which is again a huge huge bump for them. It looks like they also received nine and a half points in the CCW column. And this is so cool since residents and active duty military members can carry without a permit. So that is so cool to me. Permanence carry seems like an organ you know you got to go through the full 10 finger background track crazy stuff. So good on you Idaho and you guys might be getting a new resident soon hopefully. All right and now we move on to number one and the previous ranking for number one was actually number one. So if you watched my video last year then you know what I'm about to say and that's Arizona. The reason Arizona remains number one is because they are a huge state as far as when it comes to like shooting competitions and training. I know that there's been multiple records as far as gun stuff broken in Arizona. It's you know it's a big desert. So it's like you know obviously to me it sounds like there's a lot of ranges out there and then I know the hunting is absolutely excellent Arizona. They have some of the biggest bull else I've ever seen. Hopefully one day I can make it out there to visit Arizona and experience what it's like to live in the best state to live in if you are a gun owner. So other than that guys we do have one honorable mention and that's going to be of course my own state that I live in and guys I'm so excited to announce that we went up this year. We went from rank 34 to rank 33 come on Oregon get your shit together. It's really sad in our most recent in our most recent vote here this fall. A lot of stuff got turned down here in the county that I live in. Very sad to see that kind of stuff. Luckily we have a great sheriff that got elected who should back a lot of the firearm laws. He's a huge sports shooter himself so hopefully everything goes good with that but Oregon it's sad but I might have to move away from you just because this is getting horrible. It just seems like there's a lot of work just to get a concealed carry license or just to carry and you know it seems like they're aiming for bands on certain weapons or magazines and constantly having to vote for this kind of stuff that we shouldn't have to vote for. So other than that that's Oregon and I just want to say thank you guys for watching. I hope this video is a lot better than last year's I know I got a lot of negative comments for last year's video and give this video a thumbs up if you did like it comment down below if you have any questions or comments. Or anything like that on your state or anything else and I want to give a huge shout out to guns and ammo magazine for the awesome article that they wrote about this. So if you have some time go ahead and read it it's very interesting guns and ammo magazine and best dates for gun owners and last but not least please subscribe to my channel. Help me out greatly and share this video if you like it and other than that thanks for watching. Thanks for watching guys.