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Editorial
. 2016 Mar;106(3):411-3.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303041. Epub 2016 Jan 21.

The US Public's Preference for Safer Guns

Julia A Wolfson  1 , Stephen P Teret  1 , Shannon Frattaroli  1 , Matthew Miller  1 , Deborah Azrael  1
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Editorial

The US Public's Preference for Safer Guns

Julia A Wolfson et al. Am J Public Health. 2016 Mar.
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Example of a Handgun With Radio Frequency Identification Transmitter Embedded in a Wristwatch Source. Photo courtesy of Armatix USA. Printed with permission.
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Willingness to Purchase Childproof Guns Overall, by Gun Owner Status, Guns Owned, Political Ideology, Gender, and Presence of Children in the Home: National Firearms Survey, United States Note. Respondents were asked, “If you were to purchase a new handgun, how willing would you be to purchase a childproof gun that fires only for authorized users?” Responses were based on a five-point Likert scale from “very unwilling” to “very willing.” Responses of “very unwilling” and “unwilling” were combined and  responses of “very willing” and “willing” were combined. We oversampled veterans and adults living in homes with guns and used survey weights provided by GfK to generate nationally representative estimates. Notably, 49 respondents owned “other guns” only (other guns include pistols, revolvers, semiautomatic guns); 25 respondents refused to answer the question. Significant differences in the percentage of respondents willing to purchase a childproof gun versus undecided or unwilling to purchase were tested by gun owner status (P < .001), between gun owners and nonowners (combining nonowners in both gun and nongun households; P < .001), political affiliation (P < .001), gender (P = .04), and parental status (P = .01) by using the χ2 test. The sample size was n = 3924.
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