Firearm practices by latent class membership (weighted column %)
| Latent class 1 | Latent class 2 | Latent class 3 | |
| ’Guns are Safe’ | ‘Guns can be Safe and Useful’ | ‘Safe if Responsible’ | |
| Gun's owned | |||
| Handguns only | 30.95 | 31.03 | 34.64 |
| Long guns only | 9.01 | 26.62 | 22.45 |
| Handguns and long guns | 60.04 | 42.35 | 42.91 |
| Number of guns owned, mean (SD) | 6.41 (0.56) | 3.82 (0.21) | 3.75 (0.25) |
| Reasons for ownership* | |||
| Reason for ownership: protection against people | 86.30 | 56.15 | 70.25 |
| Reason for ownership: hunt and sport | 59.60 | 51.24 | 53.32 |
| Training/permit | |||
| Permit to carry a concealed gun | 48.37 | 21.57 | 29.42 |
| Ever received firearm training | 65.89 | 57.41 | 55.21 |
| Storage characteristics | |||
| At least one gun loaded and unlocked | 49.89 | 17.20 | 16.06 |
| At least one gun loaded and locked OR unlocked and unloaded | 39.37 | 45.31 | 44.24 |
| All guns locked and unloaded | 10.74 | 37.49 | 39.70 |
*Reasons for ownership are non-exclusive categories.