Determining who healthcare providers screen for firearm access in the United States

Bond, Allison; Moceri-Brooks, Jayna; Rodriguez, Taylor R.; Semenza, Daniel C.; Anestis, Michael D.

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107476

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“…Data were collected between April 29 and May 15, 2022 (58% completion rate). Detailed information regarding weighting procedures for this study is available (Bond et al., 2023). The Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Institutional Review Board approved all procedures prior to the onset of the project.…”

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Perceptions of the utility of secure firearm storage methods as a suicide prevention tool among firearm owners who currently store their firearms loaded and unlocked

Anestis,

Bond,

Moceri‐Brooks

et al. 2023

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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BackgroundAlthough secure firearm storage can prevent firearm injury and death, secure storage is relatively rare. This tendency may be driven in part by a perceived lack of utility for secure storage in preventing suicide and other gun violence‐related outcomes.MethodWe recruited a large (n = 3510) representative sample of residents from five US states and assessed the degree to which those who do and do not store their firearms securely perceive different utility in specific firearm storage practices for suicide prevention. To test for specificity, we examined if those differences hold when considering unintentional shooting and firearm theft prevention.ResultsThose who currently store their firearms unsecured reported lower perceived utility in several firearm storage practices, particularly for suicide and theft prevention.ConclusionsOur findings highlight that a lack of perceived utility in secure firearm storage may partially drive unsecure firearm storage. Efforts to promote secure storage must address this misperception.

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Perceptions of the utility of secure firearm storage methods as a suicide prevention tool among firearm owners who currently store their firearms loaded and unlocked

Anestis,

Bond,

Moceri‐Brooks

et al. 2023

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Locked and loaded: correlates of in-home firearm storage beliefs and behaviours

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2024

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ObjectivesTo understand how crime and victimisation fears and risks operate alongside social status threats and motivations to shape unsafe in-home firearm storage practices and beliefs.MethodsUsing data from firearm owners identified in a nationwide sample surveyed in 2023, this study examined how in-home loaded firearm accessibility, firearm storage practice and firearm safety beliefs are associated with: fear of crime and victimisation; perceived and personal victimisation; racial resentment; cultural and status threats; and masculinity threats. Regression models also accounted for the role of gender, race, marital status, political affiliation, geographic region and protective motivation for firearm ownership.ResultsOver 40% of firearm owners reported having a loaded firearm ‘always accessible’ at home, and almost half think homes with firearms are safer than those without. About one-third of owners reported storing firearms locked but still loaded. Crime and victimisation fears and threats were unrelated to firearm storage behaviours and beliefs; however, firearm owners who experience higher levels of sociocultural anxiety are more likely to always have a loaded firearm accessible at home, store firearms locked and loaded, and believe that firearms make homes safer.ConclusionsIdentifying the barriers to safer storage beliefs and behaviours is essential for refining and enhancing effective firearm injury prevention strategies. Sociocultural anxieties may not reflect concrete threats to physical safety, but they can be experienced as feelings of insecurity, instability and distress that—for some Americans—may be managed by knowing they have a (loaded) firearm within reach.

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Determining who healthcare providers screen for firearm access in the United States

Cited by 2 publications

References 25 publications

Perceptions of the utility of secure firearm storage methods as a suicide prevention tool among firearm owners who currently store their firearms loaded and unlocked

Perceptions of the utility of secure firearm storage methods as a suicide prevention tool among firearm owners who currently store their firearms loaded and unlocked

Locked and loaded: correlates of in-home firearm storage beliefs and behaviours

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