MaverickNH
NES Member
I've been reviewing a series of papers from notorious gun-grabbers fro California & Massachusetts - manuscripts that *will* be published in biomedical journals as they support gun control. The best I can do is recommend limitations and caveats, with those rarely added in the final publication.
This paper looks at a 2019 national survey of firearm owners (n=2950) and finds three classes of gun owner views on firearms storage:
(1) owners who believe that guns unconditionally make the home safer and should generally be readily accessible (47%);
(2) owners who believe that whether guns make homes safer or less safe depends on context (34%);
(3) owners who believe that guns do not pose a risk if stored safely (19%).
In adjusted models, compared with owners in class 1, those in classes 2 and 3 were less likely to store guns loaded and unlocked [unloaded/locked] (class 2: OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.39; class 3: OR 0.23, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.32). In essence, those that believe guns need to be accessible for home safety (47%) are less likely to store guns unloaded and locked. Well duh - if you're concerned about home fires you don't keep an empty fire extinguisher in the garden shed.
A new manuscript I'm reviewing now finds 74.8% of gun owners nationwide keep at least 1 firearm accessible for self-defense (loaded and either locked or unlocked).
These data do not parse well with the gun controllers' surveys that 80%+ want more restrictive gun laws, eh? They can spin their statistics, but gun owners fight back.
This paper looks at a 2019 national survey of firearm owners (n=2950) and finds three classes of gun owner views on firearms storage:
(1) owners who believe that guns unconditionally make the home safer and should generally be readily accessible (47%);
(2) owners who believe that whether guns make homes safer or less safe depends on context (34%);
(3) owners who believe that guns do not pose a risk if stored safely (19%).
In adjusted models, compared with owners in class 1, those in classes 2 and 3 were less likely to store guns loaded and unlocked [unloaded/locked] (class 2: OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.39; class 3: OR 0.23, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.32). In essence, those that believe guns need to be accessible for home safety (47%) are less likely to store guns unloaded and locked. Well duh - if you're concerned about home fires you don't keep an empty fire extinguisher in the garden shed.
A new manuscript I'm reviewing now finds 74.8% of gun owners nationwide keep at least 1 firearm accessible for self-defense (loaded and either locked or unlocked).
These data do not parse well with the gun controllers' surveys that 80%+ want more restrictive gun laws, eh? They can spin their statistics, but gun owners fight back.
