Locked-up and unloaded firearm storage is a tenet of injury prevention campaigns to decrease children’s access to firearms. This study cohort describes the reported presence of, storage mechanisms for, and children’s perceived access to firearms. Parent-child dyads (n...
Objectives To determine how boys behave when they find a handgun in a presumably safe environment and to compare parental expectations of their child’s interest in real guns with this observed behavior. Methods A convenience sample of 8- to 12-year-old...