Characteristic | No (%) of respondents who were gun owners (n=74) | No (%) of gun owner comparison group | OR (95% CI) |
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*1989 Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, national public opinion survey of gun owners (n=605). | |||
†May 1991 Gallup Organization, Gallup Poll, national public opinion survey of pistol owners (n=210, subpopulation of 1002 adults). | |||
‡Exact test. | |||
Parents had guns in the house | 41 (55) | 478 (79)* | 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) |
Formal training with guns | 41 (55) | 478 (79)* | 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) |
Used gun defensively | 6 (8) | 17 (8)† | 1.0 (0.3 to 2.8)‡ |
Knew someone shot in a crime | 18 (24) | 133 (22)* | 1.1 (0.7 to 2.0) |
Knew someone shot unintentionally | 19 (26) | 248 (41)* | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.9) |