Loaded Handgun Carrying Among US Adults, 2015

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ID11033477
AuthorsAli Rowhani-Rahbar (0000-0002-2705-4485, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Vivian H. Lyons are with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle. Deborah Azrael is with the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Joseph A. Simonetti is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, and...), Deborah Azrael (0000-0001-7177-0553, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Vivian H. Lyons are with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle. Deborah Azrael is with the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Joseph A. Simonetti is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, and...), Vivian H Lyons (0000-0003-0481-5939, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Vivian H. Lyons are with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle. Deborah Azrael is with the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Joseph A. Simonetti is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, and...), Joseph A Simonetti (0000-0002-1092-160X, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Vivian H. Lyons are with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle. Deborah Azrael is with the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Joseph A. Simonetti is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, and...), Matthew Miller (0000-0002-3267-6510, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Vivian H. Lyons are with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle. Deborah Azrael is with the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Joseph A. Simonetti is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, and...)
Year2017
Volume107
Issue12
Pages1930-1936
Publication date2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.304072
PMID29048957
OpenAlexW2766302077
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited14

Objectives. To determine the frequency of loaded handgun carrying among US adult handgun owners, characterize those who carry, and examine concealed carrying by state concealed carry laws. Methods. Using a nationally representative survey of US adults in 2015, we asked handgun owners (n = 1444) about their past-30-day carrying behavior. Results. Among surveyed handgun owners, 24% (95% confidence interval[CI] = 21%, 26%) carried loaded handguns monthly, of whom 35% (95% CI = 29%, 41%) did so daily; 82% (95% CI = 77%, 86%) carried primarily for protection. The proportion of handgun owners who carried concealed loaded handguns in the past 30 days was 21% (95% CI = 12%, 35%) in unrestricted states, 25% (95% CI = 21%, 29%) in shall issue—no discretion states, 20% (95% CI = 16%, 24%) in shall issue—limited discretion states, and 9% (95% CI = 6%, 15%) in may-issue states. Conclusions. We estimate that 9 million US adult handgun owners carry loaded handguns monthly, 3 million do so every day, and most report protection as the main carrying reason. Proportionally fewer handgun owners carry concealed loaded handguns in states that allow issuing authorities substantial discretion in granting carrying permits

Environmental health · Poison control · Sociology · Demography · Disaster Response and Management · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Medicine · Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries · Gerontology

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