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Julia A Wolfson1, Stephen P Teret1, Deborah Azrael1
1Julia A. Wolfson is with the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Stephen P. Teret is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Matthew Miller and Deborah Azrael are with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Matthew Miller is also with Bouvé School of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston.
Objectives:
To estimate US public opinion, overall and by gun ownership status, about the public places where legal gun owners should be allowed to carry firearms.
Methods:
We fielded an online survey among 3949 adults, including an oversample of gun owners and veterans, in April 2015. We used cross-tabulations with survey weights to generate nationally representative estimates.
Results:
Fewer than 1 in 3 US adults supported gun carrying in any of the specified venues. Support for carrying in public was consistently higher among gun owners than among non-gun owners. Overall, support for carrying in public was lowest for schools (19%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 16.7, 21.1), bars (18%; 95% CI = 15.9, 20.6), and sports stadiums (17%; 95% CI = 15.0, 19.5).
Conclusions:
Most Americans, including most gun owners, support restricting public places legal gun owners can carry firearms. These views contrast sharply with the current trend in state legislatures of expanding where, how, and by whom guns can be carried in public. Recent state laws and proposed federal legislation that would force states to honor out-of-state concealed carry permits are out of step with American public opinion.
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