FACTOID # 4: In the 2004 Presidential Elections, California and Hawaii were the only states with a voter turnout percentage below 50%.
 
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1972 Election > Youth voter turnout 35% [35th of 41]
2000 Election > Youth voter turnout 22% [22nd of 41]
2004 Election > Total registered voters 33 [33rd of 51]
2004 Election > Total voted 33 [33rd of 51]
2004 Election > Total votes as percentage 42% [42nd of 51]
2004 Election > Voting age population 32 [32nd of 51]
2004 Election > Youth voter turnout 41% [41st of 41]
Confederate States of America > Significant dates > Admitted C.S.A. May 18, 1861
Confederate States of America > Significant dates > Readmitted to the Union June 22, 1868
Confederate States of America > Significant dates > Secession ordinance May 6, 1861
Confederate States of America > Significant dates > Under predominant > Union control 1864
Electoral Votes 31 [31st of 51]
Gun Laws > Permits
Arkansas does not require a permit to purchase firearms. A permit is required to carry a concealed handgun.
Gun Laws > Prohibited firearms
It is illegal, with limited exceptions, to use, possess, make, repair, sell, or otherwise deal in a machine gun or sawed-off shotgun or rifle, or a firearm specially made or specially adapted for silent discharge.
Gun Laws > Prohibited persons
law provides that no person shall possess or own any firearm who has been convicted of a felony, adjudicated mentally ill, or committed involuntarily to any mental institution. No person under the age of 18 shall possess a handgun except in limited circumstances. It is illegal to furnish a firearm or other deadly weapon to a minor (under 18) without the consent of a parent or guardian, or to furnish a handgun or prohibited weapon to a felon, or to knowingly sell, rent, or transfer a firearm to a person prohibited by State or Federal law.
Patents Issued 42 [42nd of 54]
Reconstruction > Significant dates > Democratic Party Establishes Control November 10, 1874
Reconstruction > Significant dates > Joined Confederacy May 18, 1861
Reconstruction > Significant dates > Readmitted into Union June 22, 1868
Seats in the House of Representatives 31 seats [31st of 50]

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SOURCES: CIRCLE, The Center for Information and Reasearch on Civic Learning and Engagement; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005.; Wikipedia: Confederate States of America ; FirstGov Official Government website; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003; United States Patent and Trademark Office; Wikipedia: Reconstruction ; The United States House of Representatives

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: AR

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COMMENTARY     

Jene (Arkansas)
10th March 2008
Is it legal for a felon to have multiple fire arms at his residence if his wife is not a felon, and can say that the fire arms are hers?

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