ArticleSuicide & life-threatening behavior2024
Correlates of dangerous firearm storage among a representative sample of firearm owners across nine states.
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- Prevalence, correlates, and patterns of leaving firearms unattended in vehicles among US firearm owners.Injury epidemiology · 2026Article
- Perceived neighborhood safety and firearm secure storage: findings from the 2024 behavioral risk factor surveillance system.Injury epidemiology · 2026Article
- Political affiliation moderates the link between gun violence exposure and firearm behaviors via perceptions of utility, safety, and threat.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- In-person and media gun violence exposure in the United States: prevalence and disparities in a nationally representative, cross-sectional sample of adults.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Correlates of dangerous firearm storage among a representative sample of firearm owners across nine states.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify demographic and behavioral correlates of dangerous firearm storage (i.e., unlocked and loaded) among firearm owners in nine states.
methodsOnline survey data from the probability-based sample were collected using Ipsos Knowledge Panel. Participants were adults residing in nine states across the United States (n = 7785).
resultsNearly one third of the firearm owners within the sample stored at least one of their firearms unlocked and loaded. Greater threat sensitivity was associated with dangerous firearm storage. Established firearm owners who purchased an additional firearm during the firearm purchasing surge (2020-2021) had increased odds of storing at least one firearm unlocked and loaded. Those who had direct exposure to firearm violence and those whose primary reason for having a firearm at home was protection also had increased odds of storing at least one firearm unlocked and loaded.
conclusionsThe results contribute to the literature on firearm storage tendencies, highlighting correlates of dangerous firearm storage within the home related to perceptions of threat and direct experiences with firearm violence. Implications include the need for broad public education on the value of secure storage targeted toward to those who have an elevated perception of danger and have been personally exposed to firearm violence.
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