State Firearm Laws, Firearm Ownership, and Safety Practices Among Families of Preschool-Aged Children
State Firearm Laws, Firearm Ownership, and Safety Practices Among Families of Preschool-Aged Children
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2014.301928
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Crosnoe, Robert
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作者：
Prickett, Kate C.;Martin-Storey, Alexa;Crosnoe, Robert
目标。我们调查了州一级的枪支立法如何与有学龄前儿童的家庭的枪支所有权和储存相关联。利用2005年来自儿童早期纵向研究-出生队列（n = 8100）的全国代表性数据，我们进行了多项回归模型，以检验州一级枪支立法之间的关系，特别是儿童接触预防（CAP）枪支立法，以及父母枪支所有权和储存安全实践。总体而言，在枪支法律和CAP法律较强的州，有4岁儿童的家庭中有8%拥有枪支，而在枪支法律较弱且没有CAP法律的州，这一比例为24%。枪支拥有者的储存行为在不同的立法背景下差异最小。当我们控制家庭和州一级的特征时，我们发现枪支立法和CAP法律相互作用来预测所有权和储存行为，在CAP法律和枪支立法更强的州，不安全储存在家庭中的可能性最小。更广泛的枪支立法与针对儿童的立法在促进负责任的枪支所有权方面的效力有关。
Objectives. We investigated how state-level firearms legislation is associated with firearm ownership and storage among families with preschool-aged children.Methods. Using 2005 nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (n = 8100), we conducted multinomial regression models to examine the associations between state-level firearms legislation generally, child access prevention (CAP) firearms legislation specifically, and parental firearm ownership and storage safety practices.Results. Overall, 8% of families with children aged 4 years living in states with stronger firearm laws and CAP laws owned firearms compared with 24% of families in states with weaker firearm laws and no CAP laws. Storage behaviors of firearm owners differed minimally across legislative contexts. When we controlled for family- and state-level characteristics, we found that firearm legislation and CAP laws interacted to predict ownership and storage behaviors, with unsafe storage least likely among families in states with both CAP laws and stronger firearm legislation.Conclusions. Broader firearm legislation is linked with the efficacy of child-specific legislation in promoting responsible firearm ownership.