@article{ref1,
title="Firearm purchasing and storage during the COVID-19 pandemic",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2020",
author="Lyons, Vivian H. and Haviland, Miriam J. and Azrael, Deborah R. and Adhia, Avanti and Bellenger, M. Alex and Ellyson, Alice and Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali and Rivara, Frederick P.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="To better understand motivations behind purchase and storage of firearms during the COVID-19 pandemic, we used Amazon Mechanical Turk to conduct an online survey of individuals who did and did not purchase a firearm since 1 January 2020 in response to COVID-19. The survey was fielded between 1 and 5 May 2020. We asked about motivations for purchase, changes in storage practices and concern for themselves or others due to COVID-19. There were 1105 survey respondents. Most people who purchased a firearm did so to protect themselves from people. Among respondents who had purchased a firearm in response to COVID-19 without prior household firearm ownership, 39.7% reported at least one firearm was stored unlocked. Public health efforts to improve firearm-related safety during COVID-19 should consider increasing access to training and framing messages around the concerns motivating new firearm purchase.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043872",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043872"
}