TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - College student attitudes towards campus gun carrying in the United States
JO  - Social science journal
A1  - Satterfield, Sierra J.
A1  - Wallace, Lacey N.
SP  - 164
EP  - 177
VL  - 57
IS  - 2
N2  - While most college students opposed campus gun carrying in past U.S. studies, reasons for these views remained underexplored. This study examined the role of perceived safety. Data were collected with a web survey of 520 students across the U.S. Both open-ended and closed-ended items were included. On average, respondents disagreed that they would carry a gun on campus if policy permitted. This study found no empirical evidence of a significant association between perceived campus safety and intent to carry, or between perceived safety and perceptions of campus carry policies. Student responses to open-ended questions revealed themes in reasoning related to personal safety that were not otherwise apparent in the statistical data.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0362-3319
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2018.10.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -