枪支训练和储存的火器训练和储存的火器
D Hemenway1, S J Solnick, D R Azrael
1Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.
JAMA
|January 4, 1995
概括
大多数枪支所有者接受了枪支训练,但许多人仍然存储装载和未锁定的枪支. 目前的枪支训练可能不会显著改善安全的枪支储存实践.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 枪支安全 枪支安全 枪支安全
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 枪支伤害是严重的公共卫生问题,可能与可访问性和存储有关.
- 建议安全储存枪支,以减少意外伤害,自杀和杀人.
研究的目的:
- 评估美国枪支所有者中枪支训练的普遍性.
- 检查当前的枪支储存实践.
- 为了研究枪支训练和安全的枪支存储之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 1994年,一项全国性随机电话调查对美国800名成年枪支所有者进行了调查.
- 收集的数据包括枪支训练收件和储存方法 (装载/解锁).
- 后勤回归分析确定了与培训和储存实践相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 接受调查的枪支所有者的56%表示接受了枪支训练.
- 21%的枪支所有者储存了装载和未锁定的枪支.
- 储存装载和未锁定的枪支与拥有枪支进行保护,拥有手枪,并接受了枪支训练有关.
结论:
- 虽然枪支训练是常见的,但它似乎并没有大幅减少目前提供的不适当的枪支存储.
- 除了训练之外的因素,例如感知到需要保护和枪支类型,影响储存实践.
- 需要进一步的研究来开发有效的枪支训练和储存干预措施.
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