@article{ref1,
title="Storage practices of US gun owners in 2016",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2018",
author="Crifasi, Cassandra K. and Doucette, Mitchell L. and McGinty, Emma E. and Webster, Daniel W. and Barry, Colleen L.",
volume="108",
number="4",
pages="532-537",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To examine gun storage practices and factors influencing those practices among gun owners. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a nationally representative online survey of US gun owners (n = 1444) in 2016 to assess gun storage practices and attitudes, factors influencing storage practices, and groups that might effectively communicate regarding safe storage. We generated descriptive statistics by using cross-tabulations and used logistic regression to estimate characteristics that influenced safe storage practices. <br><br>RESULTS: Forty-six percent of gun owners reported safely storing all of their guns. Factors associated with higher odds of reporting safe storage were having a child in the home (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.44; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03, 2.03), only owning handguns (AOR = 1.84; 95% CI = 1.24, 2.73), and reporting that storage decisions were influenced by a gun safety course (AOR = 2.05; 95% CI = 1.54, 2.74) or discussions with family members (AOR = 1.39; 95% CI = 1.05, 1.86). Gun owners ranked law enforcement, hunting or outdoors groups, active-duty military, and the National Rifle Association as most effective in communicating safe storage practices. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Public health campaigns to promote safe gun storage should consider partnering with groups that garner respect among gun owners for their experience with safe use of guns. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print February 22, 2018: e1-e6. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304262).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2017.304262",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304262"
}