Firearm ownership for protection in the USA, 2023: results from a nationally representative survey

ObjectiveThis study aims to characterise the motivations of firearm owners and examine whether firearm ownership motivations and carriage varied by state stand your ground law status. MethodsUsing a nationally representative survey of US adults in 2023, we asked firearm owners (n=2477) about their f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Injury prevention Jg. 31; H. 3; S. 257 - 261
Hauptverfasser: Degli Esposti, Michelle, Sokol, Rebeccah L, Lee, Daniel B, Wiebe, Douglas J, Cunningham, Rebecca M, Hawryszkiewycz, Alice, Carter, Patrick M
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.06.2025
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Attitudes
Behavior
COVID-19
Decision trees
Fatalities
Female
Firearm
Firearm laws & regulations
Firearms
Firearms - legislation & jurisprudence
Firearms - statistics & numerical data
Gun violence
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Motivation
Ownership - legislation & jurisprudence
Ownership - statistics & numerical data
Pandemics
Polls & surveys
Short report
Sociodemographics
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
Variables
Violence
Wounds, Gunshot - prevention & control
Young Adult
United States
United States > US
Firearm
Surveys
Violence
ISSN:1353-8047, 1475-5785, 1475-5785
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectiveThis study aims to characterise the motivations of firearm owners and examine whether firearm ownership motivations and carriage varied by state stand your ground law status. MethodsUsing a nationally representative survey of US adults in 2023, we asked firearm owners (n=2477) about their firearm motivations and behaviours, including reason(s) for ownership.ResultsOf all firearm owners, 78.8% (95% CI 76.0% to 81.0%) owned a firearm for protection, and 58.1% (95% CI 54.3% to 62.0%) carried a firearm outside their home in the last 12 months. Firearm ownership for protection was not significantly associated with stand your ground laws, but firearm carriage was more prevalent in states with stand your ground laws (50.1% (95% CI 47.0% to 53.0%) vs 34.9% (95% CI 25.0% to 46.0%)). Gender (women) and race (minority groups) emerged as key correlates for firearm ownership for protection (vs other ownership motivations). For example, black and Asian women (98.8%) almost exclusively owned firearms for protection.ConclusionsProtection was the dominant reason for firearm ownership in 2023, motivating 65 million Americans to own firearms and appealing to different strata of the population.
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ISSN:1353-8047
1475-5785
1475-5785
DOI:10.1136/ip-2024-045244