Disclaimer: not trying to crap on this idea, just presenting a different view...
Glocktalk has a loooot more traffic than this site does. It's cool to run into locals on this board, but this board has a lot more of a small feel to it in my opinion. Whereas on Glocktalk, in the main forums, it's a circus comparatively. I don't know if having state club forums would be worth it... even in Glocktalk, in the MI club, there's usually only a handful of posts per day. However, I do really like the state club feature of GT, as it helps bring a smaller feel to the board.
Another possible idea would be to create a sticky here where people could post links to local / state firearms forums they frequent. For instance, there's a couple local organizations that run forums that I check daily... posting links to those may give people a place to find an already established local community.
Just something to think about...