Sokol Rebeccah Lyn, Lee Daniel, Rowhani-Rahbar Ali, Pelletier Karissa, Zimmerman Marc, Carter Patrick M
School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Inj Prev. 2024 Jan 25;30(1):27-32. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-044901.
To study the interaction between violence exposure and motivations for firearm ownership in their associations with firearm storage among caregivers of teens in the United States.
In June-July 2020, we conducted a national survey of 2924 caregivers of US teens. We estimated multivariable logistic regressions among caregivers who owned a firearm (n=1095) to evaluate associations between the exposures of community violence, interpersonal violence, and firearm ownership motivations (protection motivations vs non-protection motivations) and the outcome of firearm storage patterns (locked and unloaded vs unlocked and/or loaded). We assessed for a potential interaction between violence exposures and motivations for firearm ownership in their associations with firearm storage.
We observed no associations between community (adjusted OR [aOR]: 0.86; 95% CI [0.55 to 1.36]) or interpersonal violence exposure (aOR: 0.60; 95% CI [0.22 to 1.65]) and firearm storage behaviours, and these associations did not vary according to firearm ownership motivations (relative excess risk due to interaction: -0.09 [-1.90 to 1.73]; -2.04 [-6.00 to 1.92]). Owning a firearm for protection was associated with increased odds of storing at least one firearm unlocked and/or loaded (aOR: 3.48; 95% CI [2.11 to 5.75]), and this association persisted across all strata of violence exposures (aORs: 1.51-3.98; 95% CIs [0.52 to 8.31]-[1.96 to 8.08]).
The motivation to own a firearm for protection was associated with storing a firearm unlocked and/or loaded. The results suggest the associations between violence exposure and firearm storage are more complicated than anticipated because (1) exposure to violence was not associated with firearm storage practices and (2) motivations for firearm ownership do not appear to explain why people differ in firearm storage following violence exposure.
研究美国青少年看护者中暴力暴露与枪支拥有动机之间的相互作用及其与枪支储存的关联。
2020年6月至7月，我们对2924名美国青少年看护者进行了一项全国性调查。我们对拥有枪支的看护者（n = 1095）进行多变量逻辑回归分析，以评估社区暴力暴露、人际暴力暴露以及枪支拥有动机（保护动机与非保护动机）与枪支储存模式结果（上锁且未装填子弹与未上锁和/或已装填子弹）之间的关联。我们评估了暴力暴露与枪支拥有动机在与枪支储存的关联中是否存在潜在的相互作用。
我们观察到社区暴力暴露（调整后的比值比[aOR]：0.86；95%置信区间[CI][0.55至1.36]）或人际暴力暴露（aOR：0.60；95%CI[0.22至1.65]）与枪支储存行为之间无关联，且这些关联不因枪支拥有动机而有所不同（交互作用导致的相对超额风险：-0.09[-1.90至1.73]；-2.04[-6.00至1.92]）。出于保护目的而拥有枪支与至少一把枪支未上锁和/或已装填子弹储存的几率增加相关（aOR：3.48；95%CI[2.11至5.75]），且这种关联在所有暴力暴露层次中均持续存在（aOR：1.51 - 3.98；95%CI[0.52至8.31]-[1.96至8.08]）。
出于保护目的而拥有枪支与未上锁和/或已装填子弹储存枪支相关。结果表明，暴力暴露与枪支储存之间的关联比预期更为复杂，原因如下：（1）暴力暴露与枪支储存行为无关；（2）枪支拥有动机似乎无法解释为何人们在暴力暴露后枪支储存情况存在差异。
