Guns & Ammo States Concealed Carry ratings 2020
Posted: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 08:35:10
Best States for Concealed Carry (2020)
Top 5 - Best States for Concealed Carry
1. Arizona
2. Kansas
3. Idaho
4. Kentucky
5. New Hampshire
Bottom 5 - Worst States for Concealed Carry
47. Maryland
48. New York
49. New Jersey
50. California
51. Hawaii
Each year, Guns & Ammo ranks the “Best States for Gun Owners,” our survey of each state’s gun laws and firearms culture. In the past, we have also focused on each state’s concealed carry laws but, for a variety of reasons, we haven’t released a “Best States for Concealed Carry” piece since 2015. Lots has changed since then, and it is time to revisit the subject. When our 2015 rankings were published, only a handful of states allowed for permitless or “Constitutional” carry while today, at least 16 states have those laws in place. This has really shaken-up our previous rankings. States that have not continued to move the ball forward have lost some serious ground while others have leapt ahead.