Firearm purchasing and storage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
COVID-19
/ epidemiology
Consumer Behavior
/ statistics & numerical data
Equipment Safety
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
Firearms
/ statistics & numerical data
Household Products
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Ownership
/ statistics & numerical data
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Safety
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
descriptive epidemiology
firearm
public health
Journal
Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
ISSN: 1475-5785
Titre abrégé: Inj Prev
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9510056
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2021
02 2021
Historique:
received:
10
06
2020
revised:
19
08
2020
accepted:
22
08
2020
pubmed:
19
9
2020
medline:
28
1
2021
entrez:
18
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To better understand motivations behind purchase and storage of firearms during the COVID-19 pandemic, we used Amazon Mechanical Turk to conduct an online survey of individuals who did and did not purchase a firearm since 1 January 2020 in response to COVID-19. The survey was fielded between 1 and 5 May 2020. We asked about motivations for purchase, changes in storage practices and concern for themselves or others due to COVID-19. There were 1105 survey respondents. Most people who purchased a firearm did so to protect themselves from people. Among respondents who had purchased a firearm in response to COVID-19 without prior household firearm ownership, 39.7% reported at least one firearm was stored unlocked. Public health efforts to improve firearm-related safety during COVID-19 should consider increasing access to training and framing messages around the concerns motivating new firearm purchase.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32943492
pii: injuryprev-2020-043872
doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043872
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
87-92Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R24 HD087149
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.