As far as firearms legislation is concerned, and taxes, Wyoming and Idaho would be good bets. They'll be the last to go down the gun control route and the natural resource extraction industries pay alot of the frieght in services that are usually picked up by tax payers. Boise was booming when I was there, but if Colorado thinks it is getting Californicated, then they ain't seen nothing. Wyoming is more boom and bust, and winter is on par with Fairbanks, but it's a beutiful place and you can shoot for miles. :mrgreen: