Public opinion on gun policy by race and gun ownership status.
Firearm policy
Public opinion
Race and ethnicity
Journal
Preventive medicine
ISSN: 1096-0260
Titre abrégé: Prev Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0322116
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
29
12
2020
revised:
26
03
2021
accepted:
09
05
2021
pubmed:
14
5
2021
medline:
29
6
2021
entrez:
13
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We sought to examine support for gun polices by race and ethnicity, and among gun owning subgroups. We combined two waves of the National Survey of Gun Policy (January 2017 and 2019 [N = 3804]). We used chi-square tests to assess whether support for gun policies differed by race or ethnicity overall and among subgroups of gun owners. Most U.S. adults supported 17 of 21 gun-related policies. Among gun owners, Blacks supported six policies at higher levels than whites, including minimum age requirements for gun ownership and assault weapon and ammunition-related restrictions. Hispanic gun owners supported safe storage requirements at higher levels than white gun owners. While support differed by race and ethnicity for some policies, majorities of U.S. adults supported nearly all gun policies examine regardless of race. One notable exception, carrying a concealed gun on K-12 school grounds did not reach majority support among any subgroup. While tailored messaging may be appropriate in certain circumstances, it is important to highlight the similarities in support for evidence-based gun polices across racial and ethnic groups.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33984373
pii: S0091-7435(21)00191-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106607
pmc: PMC8273872
mid: NIHMS1708649
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
106607Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : T32 HD094687
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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