Objectives To examine gun storage practices and factors influencing those practices among gun owners. Methods We conducted a nationally representative online survey of US gun owners (n = 1444) in 2016 to assess gun storage practices and attitudes, factors influencing...
Objective In response to recent mass shootings, policy makers have proposed multiple policies to prevent persons with serious mental illness from having guns. The political debate about these proposals is often uninformed by research. To address this gap, this review...
Objective In recent years, mass shootings by persons with serious mental illness have received extensive news media coverage. The authors test the effects of news stories about mass shootings on public attitudes toward persons with serious mental illness and support...
We examined public attitudes on gun policy two years after the Newtown tragedy. Large majorities of Americans support a range of gun violence prevention policies. Few differences were found among gun owners and non-gun owners for most policies. Most Americans continue...
Purpose This article describes epidemiologic evidence concerning risk of gun violence and suicide linked to psychiatric disorders, in contrast to media-fueled public perceptions of the dangerousness of mentally ill individuals, and evaluates effectiveness of policies...
