Reasons for Ownership and Attitudes About Policies Among Firearm ...

In this national survey study of 2086 adult gun owners, those with children in the home were more likely to own guns for defense and protection of their family.

Assessment of Reasons for Ownership and Attitudes About Policies ...

On logistic regression analysis, having children in the home remained an independent factor associated with reasons for gun ownership. Gun ...

Assessment of Reasons for Ownership and Attitudes About Policies ...

Despite the association between keeping a gun in the home and the increased risk of injury in children, studies have found that 61% to 88% of ...

Reasons for Gun Ownership Among Demographically Diverse New ...

In 2019, 59% of U.S. gun owners overall cited protection of family, community, or self as their primary reason for owning guns, but 90% of those ...

America's Complex Relationship With Guns - Pew Research Center

Two-thirds of gun owners say protection is a major reason they own a gun. By comparison, about four-in-ten (38%) cite hunting as a major reason ...

National Survey of Gun Policy | Center for Gun Violence Solutions

81% of Americans support... · Gun owners and non-gun owners alike largely support prohibiting firearm access in these situations, at 79.2% and ...

Gun owners' assessment of gun safety policy: their underlying ...

Despite staunch opposition by gun rights advocacy groups, surveys reveal that the majority of gun owners support the most common firearm ...

Views of U.S. gun laws, impact of gun ownership on safety

This question highlights the sharp contrasts between partisans over the role of guns in society: 79% of Republicans and Republican-leaning ...

Assessment of Reasons for Ownership and Attitudes About Policies ...

Statistical analysis was performed in 2020. Main Outcomes and Measures Reasons for gun ownership, symbolic meaning of guns, and attitudes toward ...

Dr. Harel Shapira: How Attitudes About Guns Develop Over Time

In other words, it is not family gun ownership that drives the effect on attitudes, but the socialization around guns. Through such experiences, ...

Assessment of Reasons for Ownership and Attitudes About Policies ...

Given the dangers that firearms in the home pose to children, it is critical to engage parents in effective firearm safety counseling. This requires a broader ...

Gun Owners Increasingly Cite Crime as Reason for Ownership

Eighty-eight percent of gun owners cite crime protection as a reason they own a gun, compared with two-thirds giving this reason in 2000 and 2005 surveys.

The psychology of guns: risk, fear, and motivated reasoning - Nature

... gun debate that is mired in endless arguments ... ownership and gun control: Biased attitudes in US whites may influence policy decisions.

Generational Trends in Attitudes about Gun Ownership - ICPSR

The U.S. also has very high rates of gun ownership. Research suggests that attitudes about gun ownership are related to people's fear of crime. Fear of crime ...

Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a ...

The primary motivation for ownership was protection (69.5%), with 90.4% highlighting a fear of criminal assault. 39.4% of firearm owners reported regularly ...

The 2019 National Lawful Use of Guns Survey.

to gun owners is essential to bridge the divide in public opinion regarding policies to reduce gun ... not only the reasons for gun ownership and policy atti-.

Gun Ownership, Threat, and Gun Attitudes in an Experiment

Researchers have considered the role of perceived threat and fear of crime in shaping attitudes about gun regulation.

Racism plays limited role in patterns of gun ownership, study reveals

“The connections between racism, racial attitudes, gun ownership and gun control policies are complicated,” Kelley said. “Historically, gun ...

Assessment of Reasons for Ownership and Attitudes About Policies ...

... in Gun Injury ... Assessment of Reasons for Ownership and Attitudes About Policies Among Firearm Owners With and Without Children.

What Science Tells Us About the Effects of Gun Policies - RAND

In other words, policymakers need to understand the costs and benefits that different policies are likely to produce for society as a whole, including gun ...