Firearm ownership and support for political violence in the United States

JAMA Network Open

2024-04-09

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this survey study with 12,000 participants, firearm owners were only moderately more supportive of political violence than nonowners. Recent purchasers and owners who always or nearly always carried firearms in public were more supportive of and willing to engage in political violence than other subsets of firearm owners. These findings can guide risk-based prevention efforts.

Authors: Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., of the UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, California, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.3623)

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