Population Estimates of Household Firearm Storage Practices and Firearm Carrying in Oregon

Nelson, David E.

doi:10.1001/jama.1996.03530460048030

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“…25 Similarly, Nelson et al reported the prevalence of a firearm in the household being always or sometimes loaded and unlocked to be about twofold higher if the respondent drank five or more drinks one or more times in the past month. 16 This study has several strengths. It examines in detail three diVerent residential strata of rural society.…”

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Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms

Nordstrom

2001

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Objectives-In the United States, firearm deaths are almost as frequent as motor vehicle deaths. Firearm unintentional and suicide death rates are raised in rural areas. This study examines firearm prevalence and storage practices in three diVerent types of rural households. Methods-Adults from a stratified random sample of 983 households in a rural Iowa county were interviewed. The 2 test of independence was used to assess association between loaded, unlocked firearms and seven behavioral and demographic risk factors. Results-Nearly 67% of respondents reported firearms in their households. Nearly 7% of households had a loaded, unlocked gun. Prevalence of firearms at home was higher while prevalence of loaded, unlocked guns was lower than reported in other surveys. Prevalence of loaded, unlocked guns in farm households, 10.5%, was about twice the level in town households, 5.5% ( 2 test, p=0.033). Having taken a gun safety course was associated with more than double the prevalence of a loaded, unlocked gun, 13.5% v 5.1% ( 2 test, p=0.001). The prevalence of loaded, unlocked guns in households with a handgun, 19.3%, was four and one half times higher than in households with a long gun only, 4.2% ( 2 test, p=0.001). Households with someone with a lifetime prevalence of alcohol abuse or dependence were about twice as likely as other households, 13.0% v 6.6% ( 2 test, p=0.004), to report having loaded, unlocked firearms. Conclusions-Anyone interested in promoting safe storage of firearms in rural homes should consider these observations. (Injury Prevention 2001;7:112-116)

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Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms

Nordstrom

2001

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“…Among young adult college students, firearm ownership was associated with several alcohol-related risk behaviours and adverse events 13 14. In Oregon, storing loaded and unlocked firearms at home was associated with heavy episodic and chronic alcohol consumption 15. In the 2001 National Gun Policy Survey, persons who carried firearms were more likely than others to ‘sometimes drink more than they should’ 16.…”

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Association between firearm ownership, firearm-related risk and risk reduction behaviours and alcohol-related risk behaviours

Wintemute

2011

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Alcohol use and firearm ownership are risk factors for violent injury and death. To determine whether firearm ownership and specific firearm-related behaviours are associated with alcohol-related risk behaviours, the author conducted a cross-sectional study using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for eight states in the USA from 1996 to 1997 (the most recent data available). Altogether, 15 474 respondents provided information on firearm exposure. After adjustment for demographics and state of residence, firearm owners were more likely than those with no firearms at home to have ≥5 drinks on one occasion (OR 1.32; 95% CI 1.16 to 1.50), to drink and drive (OR 1.79; 95% CI 1.34 to 2.39) and to have ≥60 drinks per month (OR 1.45; 95% CI 1.14 to 1.83). Heavy alcohol use was most common among firearm owners who also engaged in behaviours such as carrying a firearm for protection against other people and keeping a firearm at home that was both loaded and not locked away. The author concludes that firearm ownership and specific firearm-related behaviours are associated with alcohol-related risk behaviours.

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“…Other factors related to unsafe storage practices include living in a rural area (Chatterjee & Imm, 1996;Nelson, Grant-Worley, Powell, Mercy, & Holtzman, 1996) or the South (Hemenway, Solnick, & Azrael, 1995;Senturia, Christoffel, & Donovan, 1996;Weil & Hemenway, 1992), work-related gun ownership (Schuster et al, 2000;Senturia et al, 1996), and owning a handgun and keeping a gun for protection (Coyne-Beasley, Johnson, Charles, & Schoenbach, 2001;Farah, Simon, & Kellermann, 1999;Hemenway et al, 1995;Nordstrom, Zwerling, Stromquist, Burmeister, & Merchant, 2001;Senturia et al, 1996;Weil & Hemenway, 1992). Specifically long guns are owned mainly for hunting and handguns for protection, with the latter being much more likely to be stored loaded (Blendon, Young, & Hemenway, 1996;Drongowski, Smith, Coran, & Cullen, 1998;Fargason & Johnston, 1995;Haught, Grossman, & Connell, 1995;Kaplan, Adamek, & Rhoades, 1998;Kellermann & Mercy, 1992;Webster, Wilson, Duggan, & Pakula, 1992a;Wiktor, Gallaher, Baron, Watson, & Sewell, 1994).…”

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Firearms Availability and Suicide

Brent¹,

Bridge²

2003

American Behavioral Scientist

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Case-control studies show an association between firearms in the home and completed suicide, with higher risks associated with loaded guns and handguns in the home. Quasiexperimental studies also show a relationship between greater restrictiveness of gun control laws and lower suicide rates by firearms and overall, although some studies fail to show an effect or show method substitution. A prospective study shows that handgun purchasers have an elevated risk for suicide for up to 6 years after the purchase. Relatively few studies have examined the impact of intervention to encourage families to store guns safely or remove firearms from the home on suicidal outcome.

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Population Estimates of Household Firearm Storage Practices and Firearm Carrying in Oregon

Cited by 44 publications

References 34 publications

Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms

Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms

Association between firearm ownership, firearm-related risk and risk reduction behaviours and alcohol-related risk behaviours

Firearms Availability and Suicide

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