The 10 Most Heavily Armed States in the Country

Some of these states might surprise you.

CBS compiled the numbers and ranked all the states based on their privately owned firepower. Here’s the top 10 states where you don’t want to mess with anybody. Is your state on the list?

10. Louisiana

Louisiana has 15.1 guns for every 1,000 residents. That’s 69,668 registered firearms out of 4,625,470 people.

9. Alaska

Alaska: 15.2 guns per every 1,000 residents – 11,167 registered firearms among just over 735,000 people