TY - JOUR T1 - Firearm ownership and perceived risk of personal firearm injury JF - Injury Prevention JO - Inj Prev SP - 277 LP - 279 DO - 10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043869 VL - 27 IS - 3 AU - Julia P Schleimer AU - Garen J Wintemute AU - Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/27/3/277.abstract N2 - Despite evidence that firearm access in the home is a strong risk factor for firearm injury, firearms are owned more often for self-protection than for any other reason. In this cross-sectional study, we describe the association between firearm ownership and perceived risk of personal firearm injury using logistic regressions applied to data from the 2018 California Safety and Well-being Survey. Most respondents (57.7%) reported being very/somewhat worried about gun violence happening to them. Compared with non-owners in households without firearms, firearm owners were 60% (adjusted OR (aOR) 0.40, 95% CI: 0.27 to 0.58) less likely to be worried about gun violence happening to them; non-owners living in homes with firearms were 46% (aOR 0.54, 95% CI: 0.33 to 0.88) less likely. This suggests an underestimation of actuarial risk that conflicts with the available evidence, with important implications for public health messaging. ER -