Colleen L. Barry, Daniel W. Webster, Cassandra K. Crifasi, Jon S. Vernick, and Emma E. McGinty are with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Elizabeth Stone is with the Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Am J Public Health. 2018 Jul;108(7):878-881. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304432. Epub 2018 May 17.
To compare public support for 24 different gun policies between gun owners and non-gun owners in 2017.
We fielded a national public opinion survey in January 2017 using an online panel to measure US adults' support for 24 gun policies. We compared support among gun owners and non-gun owners.
For 23 of the 24 policies examined, most respondents supported restricting or regulating gun ownership. Only 8 of 24 policies had greater than a 10-point support gap between gun owners and non-gun owners.
Policies with high public support and minimal support gaps by gun ownership status included universal background checks, greater accountability for licensed gun dealers unable to account for their inventory, higher safety training standards for concealed carry permit holders, improved reporting of records related to mental illness for background checks, gun prohibitions for persons subject to temporary domestic violence restraining orders, and gun violence restraining orders. Public Health Implications. Although there are important areas where Americans disagree on guns, large majorities of both gun owners and non-gun owners strongly support measures to strengthen US gun laws.
比较 2017 年枪支拥有者和非枪支拥有者对 24 项不同枪支政策的公众支持度。
我们于 2017 年 1 月使用在线小组进行了一项全国性的公众意见调查,以衡量美国成年人对 24 项枪支政策的支持情况。我们比较了枪支拥有者和非枪支拥有者之间的支持情况。
在所研究的 24 项政策中,大多数受访者支持限制或规范枪支拥有权。只有 8 项政策的枪支拥有者和非枪支拥有者之间的支持差距超过 10 分。
公众支持度高且枪支拥有状况支持差距小的政策包括普遍背景调查、对无法说明其库存的持牌枪支经销商加强问责制、提高隐蔽携带许可证持有者的安全培训标准、改进与精神疾病相关的记录在背景调查中的报告、对受临时家庭暴力限制令约束的人禁止枪支以及枪支暴力限制令。公共卫生意义。尽管美国人在枪支问题上存在重要分歧,但枪支拥有者和非枪支拥有者的大多数人都强烈支持加强美国枪支法律的措施。