If you're looking for a place to retire

[News Shooter]

Here's the Brady bunch's gun ratings for the states. I killed an hour doing this for another forum so I thought I put it here too


Kentucky F
Alabama F
Mississippi F
New Mexico F
Louisiana F
Wyoming F
Alaska F+
Idaho F+
Florida F+
Oklahoma D-
New Hampshire D-
Texas D-
Maine D-
Ohio D-
Utah D-
West Virginia D-
Vermont D-
Oklahoma D-
New Hampshire D-
Colorado D
Arkansas D
Arizona D
South Dakota D
North Dakota D
Indiana D
Nevada D
Georgia D
Michigan D+
Missouri D+
Tennessee D+
Washington D+
Pennsylvania D+
South Carolina D+
Michigan D+
Oregon C-
Virginia C-
Minnesota C-
Kansas C-
North Carolina C
Delaware C
Wisconsin C+
Iowa C+
Nebraska B-
Rhode Island B-
New York B+
Hawaii A-
California A-
Massachusetts A-
Maryland A-
Connecticut A-
New Jersey A-
Illinois A-

 

[rscalzo]

No one in their right mind would ever retire TO New Jersey.

 

[MarkM]

No one in their right mind would ever retire TO New Jersey.

Exactly, I'm so glad I went in the right direction: fron New Jersey to New Hampshire.

 

[Patriot]

Where's Montana? I thought VT might get an F. I wonder
why it didn't? Didn't want to insult the liberal Washington
delegation from VT? That's gotta be it.

TBP

Here's the Brady bunch's gun ratings for the states. I killed an hour doing this for another forum so I thought I put it here too


Kentucky F
Alabama F
Mississippi F
New Mexico F
Louisiana F
Wyoming F
Alaska F+
Idaho F+
Florida F+
Oklahoma D-
New Hampshire D-
Texas D-
Maine D-
Ohio D-
Utah D-
West Virginia D-
Vermont D-
Oklahoma D-
New Hampshire D-
Colorado D
Arkansas D
Arizona D
South Dakota D
North Dakota D
Indiana D
Nevada D
Georgia D
Michigan D+
Missouri D+
Tennessee D+
Washington D+
Pennsylvania D+
South Carolina D+
Michigan D+
Oregon C-
Virginia C-
Minnesota C-
Kansas C-
North Carolina C
Delaware C
Wisconsin C+
Iowa C+
Nebraska B-
Rhode Island B-
New York B+
Hawaii A-
California A-
Massachusetts A-
Maryland A-
Connecticut A-
New Jersey A-
Illinois A-

 

[Lugnut]

I wonder what it would take to get an 'A'? No problem giving out 'F's though.


EDIT: I didn't know an F+ was possible!!

 

[SKS Ray]

I wonder what it would take to get an 'A'? No problem giving out 'F's though.


EDIT: I didn't know an F+ was possible!!

A state would probably need a total gun ban to get an A.

 

[Mike508]

A state would probably need a total gun ban to get an A.

With a "Brady A+" going to any state that can chase away all those who are pro-RKBA.

 

[News Shooter]

I guess I forgot Montana

I'm pretty sure it was an F.

The more I look at this list a few things come to me.

Notice that no state got an A. If anyone got an A from these creatures it would exempt them from future intimidations they haven't thought of yet.

Also, with the exception of California and Hawaii, the gun control debate in this country is pretty much dictated by a handful of small states on the northeast coast of the US. Kind of like the electoral college.

 

[Adam_MA]

Looks like I will be moving to one of the following...

Kentucky F
Alabama F
Mississippi F
New Mexico F
Louisiana F
Wyoming F
Alaska F+
Idaho F+
Florida F+

 

[FPrice]

Where's Montana? I thought VT might get an F. I wonder why it didn't? Didn't want to insult the liberal Washington
delegation from VT? That's gotta be it.

TBP

Montana is a solid F.

 

[Adam_MA]

Add Montana to my list then!

 

[Coyote33]

Vermont, Montana, and Idaho also all have good skiing and hunting...

 

[FPrice]

Add Montana to my list then!

I'll see you there.

 

[Adam_MA]

I'll see you there.

I'll of course have to buy a few hundred acres, so we can get together and have a Montana "transplanted" NES shoot!

 

[Producer]

louisiana is the state the confiscated the guns after Katrina. Hopefully the bill will pass to stop illegal confiscation.

 

[FPrice]

louisiana is the state the confiscated the guns after Katrina. Hopefully the bill will pass to stop illegal confiscation.

Laws don't stop such actions, they only provide remedies to go after those who perpetuate such illegal acts.

 

[7.62x39]

Kentucky, here I come.

 

[senorFrog]

I would think that a best places to retire list would be based criteria important for retirees say like: cost of living, healthcare, taxes, airport access, real estate market, climate, etc.

 

[Adam_MA]

I would think that a best places to retire list would be based criteria important for retirees say like: cost of living, healthcare, taxes, airport access, real estate market, climate, etc.

Naaaaa That's only PART of it. If you are a senior citizen, you are natural prey for those who will do you harm. The ability to arm/protect yourself would be most important. NONE of those other things matter if you are dead!

 

[M1911]

Kentucky, here I come.

Been there. No thanks.

 

[Mike508]

Been there. No thanks.

Curious as to why?

 

[senorFrog]

Naaaaa That's only PART of it. If you are a senior citizen, you are natural prey for those who will do you harm. The ability to arm/protect yourself would be most important. NONE of those other things matter if you are dead!

 

[Producer]

For me in order,

High Speed Internet Access, female to male ratio, crime rate, Republican to Democrat ratio, ocean access, hunting / fishing laws

 

[M1911]

Curious as to why?

I spent a summer in Wise County, VA, right across the border from Kentucky.

1) Way too hot and muggy in the summer. 2) I don't like the culture. 3) Too far from the ocean and no mountains to make up for that fact. But for me the big thing is the culture.

 

[Mike508]

I spent a summer in Wise County, VA, right across the border from Kentucky.

1) Way too hot and muggy in the summer. 2) I don't like the culture. 3) Too far from the ocean and no mountains to make up for that fact. But for me the big thing is the culture.

Thanks for the info.

 

[M1911]

Thanks for the info.

I'd call it more opinion or preference than information.

 

[Adam_MA]

Just wondering, what about the culture was it that didn't fair well with you?

 

[Producer]

Been there. No thanks.

Kentucky is where they invented the toothbrush. If it was invented anywhere else, it would of been called a teethbrush.

 

[M1911]

Just wondering, what about the culture was it that didn't fair well with you?

Not exactly what you might call cosmopolitan or well-educated. Lots of folks who had never left the county. Going to the county seat -- Wise, VA, population 3,000 -- was a big deal. Coal trucks and strip mines. Trailers. Washing machines and old cars in the front yard. Chewing tobacco. "Intelligent design".

I'm a foodie. I like being able to go to Wellesley and stop in to the Cheese Shop, where I can choose from 100+ cheeses, many of them from small, artisanal cheese makers. Or John Dewars', an incredible butcher. Or get fresh Striped Bass from Captain Marden's. I periodically make a pilgramage to Karl's Sausage Kitchen in Saugus to get their "made on the premises" brautwurst, liverwurst, knockwurst, andouille sausage, etc.

Don't get me wrong, there are lots of nice folks there, but I just don't fit in.

 

[Coyote33]

You mean you don't like scrapple and grits?