Table 3:
Suggested title: Storage experiences among retailers/ranges that have ever offered storage, by current storage practice (N=61)
| Retailers that have ever offered storage |
Overall (N = 61) |
No current storage (N = 12) |
Current storage (N = 49) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under what circumstances have you provided storage?^ | ||||
| Travel out of town | 22 (39.3%) | 1 (9.1%) | 21 (46.7%) | 0.036 |
| Safety concerns / suicide concerns | 17 (30.4%) | 2 (18.2%) | 15 (33.3%) | 0.473 |
| Prohibited individual is guest in the home | 9 (16.1%) | 2 (18.2%) | 7 (15.6%) | 1 |
| Divorce | 17 (30.4%) | 2 (18.2%) | 15 (33.3%) | 0.473 |
| Military deployment | 12 (21.4%) | 3 (27.3%) | 9 (20.0%) | 0.686 |
| Relative who has passed away | 13 (23.2%) | 1 (9.1%) | 12 (26.7%) | 0.426 |
| During addiction, medical or mental health treatment | 10 (17.9%) | 1 (9.1%) | 9 (20.0%) | 0.667 |
| Moving | 10 (17.9%) | 1 (9.1%) | 9 (20.0%) | 0.667 |
| Other | 41 (73.2%) | 6 (54.5%) | 35 (77.8%) | 0.142 |
| Upon Request sole response (no other reasons indicated) | 6 (9.8%) | 1 (8.3%) | 5 (10.2%) | 1 |
| Missing | N = 5 | N = 1 | N = 4 | |
| What type of storage have you offered?^ | ||||
| Rental of storage lockers where the owner retains possession of the key | 4 (7.4%) | 2 (18.2%) | 2 (4.7%) | 0.169 |
| Locked firearm storage where our store staff have access | 47 (87.0%) | 8 (72.7%) | 39 (90.7%) | 0.358 |
| Other | 3 (5.6%) | 1 (9.1%) | 2 (4.7%) | 0.488 |
| Missing | N = 7 | N = 1 | N = 6 | |
| How frequently did you agree to provide firearm storage? | <0.001 | |||
| Provided storage for all requests | 38 (67.9%) | 3 (27.3%) | 35 (77.8%) | |
| Provided storage for more than half of requests | 10 (17.9%) | 2 (18.2%) | 8 (17.8%) | |
| Provided storage for less than half of requests, but at least one | 8 (14.3%) | 6 (54.5%) | 2 (4.4%) | |
| Missing | N = 5 | N = 1 | N = 4 | |
| Has your business ever declined to return a firearm that was being temporarily stored in your facility due to safety concerns? | 0.063 | |||
| Yes | 8 (14.3%) | 4 (36.4%) | 4 (8.9%) | |
| No | 47 (83.9%) | 7 (63.6%) | 40 (88.9%) | |
| Missing | N = 6 | N = 1 | N = 5 | |
| How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your business operations as they relate to storage provision? | 0.038 | |||
| We are more likely to provide storage when requested | 4 (7.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (8.9%) | |
| We are less likely to provide storage when requested | 2 (3.6%) | 2 (18.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| About the same | 48 (85.7%) | 8 (72.7%) | 40 (88.9%) | |
| Missing | N = 7 | N = 2 | N = 5 |