TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Formal firearm training among adults in the USA: results of a national survey
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali
A1  - Lyons, Vivian H.
A1  - Simonetti, Joseph A.
A1  - Azrael, Deborah R.
A1  - Miller, Matthew
SP  - 161
EP  - 165
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
N2  - Despite broad support for policies requiring that prospective firearm owners receive training before acquiring a firearm, little is known about the scope and content of firearm training in the USA. Nationally representative surveys conducted in 1994 estimated that 56%-58% of the US firearm owners had received formal firearm training. We conducted a nationally representative survey in 2015 (n=3932; completion proportion=55%) to update those estimates and characterise training contents. 61% of firearm owners and 14% of non-owners living with a firearm owner reported having received formal firearm training. The most commonly reported combination of training topics was safe handling, safe storage and preventing accidents. 15% of firearm owners reported that their training included information about suicide prevention. The proportion of the US firearm owners with formal firearm training has not meaningfully changed since two decades ago. Training programme contents vary widely. Efforts to standardise and evaluate the effectiveness of firearm training are warranted.<br><br>© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042352
ID  - ref1
ER  -