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Citation

Rowhani-Rahbar A, Gallagher A, Azrael D, Miller M. Am. J. Public Health 2022; 112(12): 1783-1790.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2022.307094

PMID

36383941

Abstract

OBJECTIVEs. To determine the frequency of loaded handgun carrying among US adult handgun owners overall and by state concealed carry law status.

METHODS. Using a nationally representative survey of US firearm-owning adults in 2019, we asked handgun owners (n = 2389) about their past-month handgun carrying behavior.

RESULTS. A total of 30.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 28.0%, 32.6%) of handgun owners carried handguns monthly, of whom 38.1% (95% CI = 33.6%, 42.7%) did so daily. In permitless carry states, 29.7% (95% CI = 25.9%, 33.9%) of handgun owners carried handguns in the past month, compared with 33.1% (95% CI = 29.9%, 36.3%) in shall issue states and 19.7% (95% CI = 14.9%, 25.5%) in may issue states. Of handgun owners without a permit, 7.5% (95% CI = 4.1%, 13.3%) of those in may issue states and 11.5% (95% CI = 8.5%, 15.4%) of those in shall issues states carried handguns in the past month.

CONCLUSIONS. In 2019, about 16 million US adult handgun owners carried handguns in the past month (up from 9 million in 2015), and approximately 6 million did so daily (twice the 3 million who did so in 2015). Proportionally fewer handgun owners carried handguns in states where issuing authorities had substantial discretion in granting permits. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(12):1783-1790. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307094).


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