Massachusetts Snapshot: Gun licenses per 1,000 residents 2012

snapshot: gun licenses per 1,000, 2012

By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Jan. 24, 2013

Community:

Community	Gun licenses* per 1,000 residents, 2012	Rank	All licenses	Class A licenses only
ABINGTON	51.2	257	823	718
ACTON	35.5	299	787	653
ACUSHNET	89.0	135	918	761
ADAMS	107.4	103	906	750
AGAWAM	NA	NA	NA	NA
ALFORD	8.1	345	4	3
AMESBURY	50.1	259	822	690
AMHERST	15.5	339	584	500
ANDOVER	33.0	305	1,105	933
AQUINNAH	101.3	112	32	24
ARLINGTON	22.8	328	988	787
ASHBURNHAM	113.6	91	693	549
ASHBY	134.9	64	419	304
ASHFIELD	167.6	34	292	225
ASHLAND	39.8	288	667	577
ATHOL	105.9	106	1,231	964
ATTLEBORO	42.3	285	1,845	1,619
AUBURN	70.2	189	1,140	934
AVON	55.6	235	244	203
AYER	55.6	236	417	318
BARNSTABLE	65.2	203	2,944	2,440
BARRE	156.2	42	846	607
BECKET	186.1	24	329	292
BEDFORD	45.9	271	618	506
BELCHERTOWN	118.4	82	1,731	1,369
BELLINGHAM	62.5	214	1,028	862
BELMONT	22.3	331	558	442
BERKLEY	130.6	69	838	690
BERLIN	133.5	66	384	318
BERNARDSTON	157.4	40	336	262
BEVERLY	39.5	290	1,570	1,361
BILLERICA	61.0	218	2,478	2,131
BLACKSTONE	81.9	158	742	651
BLANDFORD	206.6	12	255	235
BOLTON	82.2	157	404	355
BOSTON	9.8	344	6,109	4,543
BOURNE	77.4	161	1,528	1,330
BOXBOROUGH	54.3	242	274	221
BOXFORD	94.9	125	762	656
BOYLSTON	85.1	150	372	304
BRAINTREE	30.1	311	1,083	802
BREWSTER	86.8	144	852	682
BRIDGEWATER	53.4	246	1,424	1,113
BRIMFIELD	148.4	47	536	459
BROCKTON	26.6	323	2,510	2,232
BROOKFIELD	140.3	57	477	398
BROOKLINE	9.9	343	588	301
BUCKLAND	NA	NA	NA	NA
BURLINGTON	52.8	249	1,306	1,018
CAMBRIDGE	10.6	342	1,128	871
CANTON	42.2	286	916	485
CARLISLE	57.9	228	284	230
CARVER	97.9	121	1,133	910
CHARLEMONT	165.4	35	210	229
CHARLTON	112.5	94	1,466	1,243
CHATHAM	100.3	116	614	534
CHELMSFORD	52.3	251	1,786	1,436
CHELSEA	14.1	341	504	407
CHESHIRE	214.2	10	689	608
CHESTER	129.3	73	173	148
CHESTERFIELD	331.4	1	404	321
CHICOPEE	54.9	238	3,037	2,449
CHILMARK	182.2	27	160	132
CLARKSBURG	69.1	193	117	112
CLINTON	69.7	192	952	854
COHASSET	45.2	275	343	256
COLRAIN	187.9	22	315	266
CONCORD	34.7	301	619	491
CONWAY	191.8	19	365	341
CUMMINGTON	156.3	41	136	107
DALTON	106.8	105	717	623
DANVERS	51.4	255	1,372	1,039
DARTMOUTH	74.2	172	2,529	2,240
DEDHAM	38.1	294	948	745
DEERFIELD	121.2	79	623	528
DENNIS	NA	NA	NA	NA
DIGHTON	113.6	90	806	705
DOUGLAS	116.4	87	989	719
DOVER	64.7	207	364	267
DRACUT	57.1	231	1,700	1,372
DUDLEY	86.1	147	984	811
DUNSTABLE	82.8	153	266	222
DUXBURY	60.0	223	908	709
EAST BRIDGEWATER	92.4	128	1,281	1,021
EAST BROOKFIELD	148.4	48	325	274
EASTHAM	116.7	86	578	525
EASTHAMPTON	75.3	170	1,206	977
EAST LONGMEADOW	64.6	208	1,017	860
EASTON	51.4	256	1,189	1,057
EDGARTOWN	126.6	74	522	374
EGREMONT	27.9	320	34	79
ERVING	145.6	54	263	227
ESSEX	83.8	151	296	233
EVERETT	16.5	338	695	599
FAIRHAVEN	86.1	148	1,368	1,229
FALL RIVER	27.6	322	2,459	1,975
FALMOUTH	69.1	194	2,179	1,677
FITCHBURG	44.5	278	1,801	1,519
FLORIDA	48.1	266	36	33
FOXBOROUGH	54.5	241	925	764
FRAMINGHAM	28.8	318	1,984	1,557
FRANKLIN	51.5	254	1,641	1,303
FREETOWN	115.2	88	1,023	876
GARDNER	64.8	205	1,316	1,086
GEORGETOWN	76.4	164	630	527
GILL	140.9	56	212	180
GLOUCESTER	64.3	210	1,866	1,547
GOSHEN	189.9	20	200	154
GOSNOLD	118.4	81	9	15
GRAFTON	70.6	188	1,258	1,095
GRANBY	131.4	68	818	638
GRANVILLE	201.0	14	315	283
GREAT BARRINGTON	73.9	175	522	432
GREENFIELD	74.0	174	1,295	1,105
GROTON	73.5	177	790	580
GROVELAND	86.8	145	565	451
HADLEY	112.6	93	590	515
HALIFAX	82.7	154	625	500
HAMILTON	62.7	212	491	338
HAMPDEN	110.9	99	570	461
HANCOCK	162.7	37	116	92
HANOVER	59.8	225	834	745
HANSON	88.3	138	906	808
HARDWICK	177.7	29	533	373
HARVARD	62.4	215	408	320
HARWICH	92.5	126	1,132	967
HATFIELD	154.9	43	507	457
HAVERHILL	45.7	272	2,805	2,454
HAWLEY	227.8	9	77	65
HEATH	245.8	6	174	152
HINGHAM	44.1	280	983	843
HINSDALE	175.7	30	355	311
HOLBROOK	43.8	281	476	416
HOLDEN	71.0	185	1,236	1,081
HOLLAND	139.4	59	346	289
HOLLISTON	62.7	213	858	709
HOLYOKE	37.3	295	1,490	1,281
HOPEDALE	61.9	217	367	288
HOPKINTON	56.3	232	849	664
HUBBARDSTON	147.8	50	650	552
HUDSON	49.1	262	945	755
HULL	22.6	330	234	208
HUNTINGTON	212.2	11	462	410
IPSWICH	70.0	190	930	761
KINGSTON	76.1	166	966	800
LAKEVILLE	109.4	100	1,166	1,013
LANCASTER	72.9	180	589	487
LANESBOROUGH	164.7	36	506	456
LAWRENCE	14.5	340	1,119	1,042
LEE	135.9	62	803	615
LEICESTER	79.0	159	870	731
LENOX	91.3	130	456	389
LEOMINSTER	48.9	263	1,998	1,663
LEVERETT	112.0	95	208	169
LEXINGTON	22.7	329	721	517
LEYDEN	205.9	13	147	127
LINCOLN	53.7	244	345	292
LITTLETON	66.9	200	603	464
LONGMEADOW	53.5	245	845	674
LOWELL	19.0	335	2,049	1,648
LUDLOW	88.9	136	1,877	1,470
LUNENBURG	87.0	141	881	776
LYNN	25.4	324	2,311	2,058
LYNNFIELD	60.4	222	706	590
MALDEN	22.2	332	1,331	1,094
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA	58.5	226	303	219
MANSFIELD	37.1	296	861	738
MARBLEHEAD	47.5	267	949	814
MARION	92.3	129	455	411
MARLBOROUGH	31.1	310	1,210	1,066
MARSHFIELD	65.8	202	1,664	1,365
MASHPEE	75.4	169	1,055	956
MATTAPOISETT	73.2	178	445	361
MAYNARD	48.4	264	494	406
MEDFIELD	43.3	282	524	450
MEDFORD	29.4	314	1,669	1,330
MEDWAY	55.2	237	709	597
MELROSE	36.6	297	997	860
MENDON	98.6	118	578	509
MERRIMAC	77.8	160	497	390
METHUEN	43.2	283	2,056	1,614
MIDDLEBOROUGH	100.4	115	2,334	2,025
MIDDLEFIELD	284.1	3	148	131
MIDDLETON	74.2	173	671	486
MILFORD	54.9	239	1,542	1,327
MILLBURY	90.8	131	1,208	957
MILLIS	76.0	167	604	564
MILLVILLE	82.5	155	264	220
MILTON	32.5	307	884	712
MONROE	107.4	102	13	13
MONSON	136.4	61	1,168	949
MONTAGUE	NA	NA	NA	NA
MONTEREY	119.2	80	114	101
MONTGOMERY	1.2	346	1	1
MOUNT WASHINGTON	48.2	265	8	6
NAHANT	66.4	201	228	209
NANTUCKET	107.0	104	1,085	866
NATICK	35.4	300	1,179	996
NEEDHAM	32.1	308	934	708
NEW ASHFORD	145.4	55	33	31
NEW BEDFORD	27.9	321	2,654	2,383
NEW BRAINTREE	193.6	18	194	183
NEWBURY	95.3	124	640	539
NEWBURYPORT	44.3	279	778	666
NEW MARLBOROUGH	154.0	45	231	224
NEW SALEM	188.1	21	187	158
NEWTON	17.2	337	1,476	1,097
NORFOLK	51.9	253	586	479
NORTH ADAMS	73.5	176	1,002	882
NORTHAMPTON	42.3	284	1,206	1,057
NORTH ANDOVER	34.2	302	977	819
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH	52.8	248	1,519	1,334
NORTHBOROUGH	50.1	258	712	574
NORTHBRIDGE	69.0	195	1,087	907
NORTH BROOKFIELD	132.3	67	621	553
NORTHFIELD	129.8	70	395	314
NORTH READING	68.8	196	1,036	928
NORTON	59.8	224	1,140	998
NORWELL	52.6	250	556	457
NORWOOD	34.2	303	984	735
OAK BLUFFS	71.5	184	328	221
OAKHAM	234.7	8	448	382
ORANGE	111.4	97	876	670
ORLEANS	98.7	117	581	497
OTIS	168.5	33	270	230
OXFORD	86.1	146	1,185	962
PALMER	122.3	77	1,486	1,103
PAXTON	102.1	110	492	438
PEABODY	38.9	291	2,011	1,599
PELHAM	97.9	120	129	115
PEMBROKE	75.9	168	1,362	1,051
PEPPERELL	92.5	127	1,074	874
PERU	276.7	4	233	209
PETERSHAM	187.4	23	232	182
PHILLIPSTON	196.8	17	332	266
PITTSFIELD	64.4	209	2,864	2,401
PLAINFIELD	117.5	83	76	68
PLAINVILLE	76.8	163	639	551
PLYMOUTH	70.8	187	4,021	3,376
PLYMPTON	129.7	71	368	308
PRINCETON	124.1	75	425	347
PROVINCETOWN	58.5	227	172	129
QUINCY	29.4	315	2,731	2,226
RANDOLPH	30.1	313	972	887
RAYNHAM	86.9	142	1,165	990
READING	34.0	304	849	682
REHOBOTH	97.1	123	1,128	1,013
REVERE	25.3	325	1,325	1,091
RICHMOND	107.8	101	158	143
ROCHESTER	154.7	44	814	689
ROCKLAND	56.1	233	986	822
ROCKPORT	61.9	216	434	350
ROWE	121.8	78	48	47
ROWLEY	86.9	143	513	368
ROYALSTON	198.1	15	250	219
RUSSELL	159.9	39	284	206
RUTLAND	104.7	107	838	667
SALEM	32.0	309	1,335	1,080
SALISBURY	68.3	197	570	466
SANDISFIELD	152.7	46	139	125
SANDWICH	69.7	191	1,441	1,216
SAUGUS	54.9	240	1,472	1,248
SAVOY	197.7	16	136	126
SCITUATE	54.2	243	989	799
SEEKONK	46.9	268	645	579
SHARON	29.3	316	519	375
SHEFFIELD	147.4	51	477	419
SHELBURNE	114.9	89	218	441
SHERBORN	72.1	183	300	247
SHIRLEY	74.5	171	542	448
SHREWSBURY	45.2	274	1,615	1,311
SHUTESBURY	90.1	133	160	140
SOMERSET	68.0	199	1,236	1,051
SOMERVILLE	19.8	334	1,516	1,144
SOUTHAMPTON	147.2	52	851	681
SOUTHBOROUGH	53.0	247	519	418
SOUTHBRIDGE	60.5	221	1,015	873
SOUTH HADLEY	73.0	179	1,276	1,010
SOUTHWICK	137.6	60	1,308	1,080
SPENCER	113.2	92	1,328	1,006
SPRINGFIELD	30.1	312	4,608	3,949
STERLING	97.8	122	766	595
STOCKBRIDGE	111.6	96	216	185
STONEHAM	44.9	277	972	824
STOUGHTON	38.7	293	1,052	880
STOW	68.2	198	454	379
STURBRIDGE	101.9	111	948	813
SUDBURY	32.8	306	586	470
SUNDERLAND	72.5	181	268	230
SUTTON	129.5	72	1,165	1,052
SWAMPSCOTT	46.1	269	640	558
SWANSEA	82.2	156	1,306	1,152
TAUNTON	57.9	229	3,239	2,781
TEMPLETON	111.0	98	892	680
TEWKSBURY	60.7	220	1,775	1,524
TISBURY	60.7	219	243	164
TOLLAND	183.5	26	89	81
TOPSFIELD	83.0	152	509	441
TOWNSEND	88.0	139	794	630
TRURO	139.9	58	280	216
TYNGSBOROUGH	71.0	186	810	676
TYRINGHAM	289.2	2	94	76
UPTON	100.9	113	764	644
UXBRIDGE	104.1	108	1,405	1,135
WAKEFIELD	49.1	261	1,236	1,037
WALES	179.4	28	330	300
WALPOLE	39.6	289	960	753
WALTHAM	23.8	327	1,455	1,161
WARE	135.5	63	1,335	1,094
WAREHAM	88.3	137	1,937	1,624
WARREN	134.7	65	694	547
WARWICK	162.2	38	127	104
WASHINGTON	185.0	25	99	95
WATERTOWN	18.2	336	588	384
WAYLAND	45.2	276	593	495
WEBSTER	65.1	204	1,096	951
WELLESLEY	24.5	326	691	546
WELLFLEET	100.8	114	277	221
WENDELL	145.7	53	124	112
WENHAM	52.0	252	255	210
WESTBOROUGH	46.0	270	844	709
WEST BOYLSTON	72.3	182	556	457
WEST BRIDGEWATER	87.9	140	611	526
WEST BROOKFIELD	148.4	49	551	443
WESTFIELD	85.4	149	3,510	2,857
WESTFORD	57.9	230	1,284	1,051
WESTHAMPTON	169.0	32	271	221
WESTMINSTER	117.1	85	855	676
WEST NEWBURY	89.3	134	381	306
WESTON	45.6	273	519	427
WESTPORT	102.3	109	1,590	1,439
WEST SPRINGFIELD	63.2	211	1,795	1,500
WEST STOCKBRIDGE	117.1	84	152	122
WEST TISBURY	98.3	119	273	179
WESTWOOD	28.3	319	416	313
WEYMOUTH	29.2	317	1,581	1,315
WHATELY	170.6	31	256	219
WHITMAN	55.7	234	811	685
WILBRAHAM	77.4	162	1,101	965
WILLIAMSBURG	123.9	76	307	265
WILLIAMSTOWN	49.6	260	383	356
WILMINGTON	64.8	206	1,461	1,228
WINCHENDON	90.4	132	934	697
WINCHESTER	36.2	298	782	621
WINDSOR	242.7	7	217	206
WINTHROP	38.8	292	688	597
WOBURN	39.9	287	1,536	1,116
WORCESTER	21.5	333	3,913	3,246
WORTHINGTON	250.4	5	289	261
WRENTHAM	76.3	165	841	665
YARMOUTH	NA	NA	NA	NA

SOURCE: Executive Office of Public Safety

* Licenses include: Class A, Class B, FID card, chemical propellants