Percentage of participating GSP firearm businesses engaging in practices and behaviours to prevent suicide: Colorado, 2021
| Practice/behaviour | % (95% CI) |
| Practices | |
| Suicide prevention materials available for customers or on display (n=54) | |
| Yes | 44.4 (31.8, 57.7) |
| No | 55.6 (42.3, 68.2) |
| Include suicide prevention materials during a sale or when interacting with customers (n=50) | |
| Often, usually, all the time | 14.0 (6.5, 25.5) |
| Sometimes, never | 86.0 (74.5, 93.5) |
| Employees receive suicide prevention training (n=54) | |
| Yes | 22.2 (12.8, 34.6) |
| No/unsure | 77.8 (65.4, 87.2) |
| Provide firearm safety instruction to customers that includes suicide prevention information (n=29) | |
| Yes | 44.8 (27.9, 62.7) |
| No/unsure/not applicable | 55.2 (37.3, 72.1) |
| Offer temporary secure storage (n=54) | |
| Yes | 40.7 (28.4, 54.0) |
| No/unsure/not applicable | 59.3 (46.0, 71.7) |
| Behaviours | |
| Engage customers in conversation about the role secure storage can play in suicide prevention (n=50) | |
| Often, usually, all the time | 22.0 (12.3, 34.8) |
| Sometimes, never | 78.0 (65.2, 87.7) |
| Assisted a customer with temporary secure storage in last year if in crisis or displaying warning signs of suicide (n=51) | |
| Yes | 13.7 (6.4, 25.1) |
| No | 86.3 (74.9, 93.6) |
| Denied a sale to customer in last year if in crisis or displaying warning signs of suicide (n=38)* | |
| Yes | 26.3 (14.4, 41.7) |
| No | 73.7 (58.3, 85.6) |
| Willingness to engage in behaviours (responded ‘yes’)† (n=54) | |
| Refuse sale/rental of a firearm/ammunition | 74.1 (61.3, 84.3) |
| Discuss temporary secure storage options | 70.4 (57.4, 81.3) |
| Direct to mental health services | 70.4 (57.4, 81.3) |
| Notify law enforcement | 46.3 (33.5, 59.5) |
| Ask directly if considering suicide | 42.6 (30.1, 55.9) |
| Notify other firearm establishment of your concern | 35.2 (23.5, 48.4) |
*Provided to only businesses that sold firearms/ammunition.
†More than one response option allowed.
GSP, Gun Shop Project.