Differences Between New and Long-Standing US Gun Owners: Results From a National Survey

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作者：
Wertz, Joseph [1 ,2 ]
Azrael, Deborah [1 ]
Hemenway, David [1 ]
Sorenson, Susan [4 ]
Miller, Matthew [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Harvard Univ, Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Harvard Injury Control Res Ctr, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Harvard Coll, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Northeastern Univ, Bouve Coll Hlth Sci, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[4] Univ Penn, Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Ctr Family Violence, Sch Social Policy & Practice, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2018年 / 108卷 / 07期
关键词：
STORAGE PRACTICES; FIREARMS; SUICIDE; RISK; POPULATION; HOMICIDE; INJURIES; QUESTION; HOME;
D O I：
10.2105/AJPH.2018.304412
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Objectives,To quantify We proportion of current. US gun owners who are new to owning Firearms and compare new versus long-standing gun owners with respect to their firearms and firearm-related behaviors. Methods. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative probability-based online survey conducted in 2015 in the United States. We defined new gun owners as current firearm owners who acquired all of their firearms within the past 5 years, but who lived in a home without a gun at some time over the past 5 years. We defined long-standing Firearm owners as all other current gun owners. Results. New gun owners represented 10% of all current US adult gun owners. In addition to being younger than long-standing gun owners, new gun owners were more likely to be liberal, own Fewer guns, own handguns, own guns only For protection, and store guns in a safe manner. Conclusions. Gun ownership is dynamic, with approximately 1 million Americans becoming new gun owners each year. Public Health Implications. Clinical guidelines should be updated to explicitly endorse re-evaluating household firearm status at regular intervals.
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