Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Int Rev Psychiatry. 2021 Nov;33(7):626-630. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2020.1816927. Epub 2020 Oct 20.
Reducing access to lethal means of self-harm is a cornerstone of suicide prevention, and temporary, voluntary gun storage outside the home is one recommended approach. With the goal of facilitating access to gun storage outside the home in Maryland, we developed an online map of gun shops and law enforcement agencies willing to offer temporary, voluntary gun storage on a case-by-case basis. This project was modelled off of prior work by the Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition. As of July 2020, 32 gun shops and 3 law enforcement agencies agreed to be listed on our map. Others were hesitant to participate due to perceived legal and logistical barriers to temporary firearm storage. We demonstrate the feasibility of creating an online map that lists organisations offering temporary gun storage in Maryland. This brief report details our process, barriers encountered, and future considerations to improve access to offsite gun storage options.
减少获得自杀手段的途径是预防自杀的基石，而暂时将枪支自愿存放在家外是一种被推荐的方法。为了在马里兰州方便获得家外枪支存放，我们开发了一个在线地图，列出了愿意根据具体情况提供临时、自愿枪支存放的枪支商店和执法机构。该项目是在科罗拉多枪支安全联盟之前的工作基础上进行的。截至 2020 年 7 月，有 32 家枪支商店和 3 家执法机构同意在我们的地图上列出。其他机构由于认为临时存放枪支存在法律和后勤障碍而犹豫不决。我们展示了在马里兰州创建一个在线地图，列出提供临时枪支存放的组织的可行性。本简要报告详细介绍了我们的流程、遇到的障碍以及未来考虑因素，以改善获得场外枪支存放选择的机会。
