Firearm Storage Practices Among American Veterans

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Joseph A SimonettiMatthew Miller

Abstract

Interventions that reduce access to highly lethal and commonly used methods of suicide (e.g., limiting firearm access) are considered essential elements of effective suicide prevention programs. Scant epidemiologic data are available to inform such efforts among Veterans. The aim of this study is to describe firearm storage practices and correlates of those practices among a nationally representative sample of U.S. Veteran firearm owners. The authors used a probability-based online survey of Veteran firearm owners in 2015 (data analyzed in 2017; 54.6% response rate). The primary outcome was firearm storage practices. Additional items assessed individual and household-level sociodemographic characteristics, firearm-related characteristics, and risk perceptions related to firearm ownership. One in three (33.3%, 95% CI=28.6%, 38.4%) Veteran firearm owners stores at least one firearm loaded and unlocked. The prevalence of this practice ranges substantially (9%-65%) across individual, household, and firearm ownership characteristics, and is strongly related to other firearm-related behaviors (e.g., carrying handguns); reasons for firearm ownership (e.g., protection versus other); number of firearms owned; and perceptions about the u...Continue Reading

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