Table 3.
Personal and establishment characteristics by business structure
| Characteristic | Licensee business structure | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal licensee | Corporate/single | Corporate/multiple | ||
| Personal characteristics | ||||
| Age, median (IQR) | 57 (49–64) | 51 (41–60) | 43 (37–48) | <0.0001 |
| Male, n (%) | 221 (93.3) | 230 (89.2) | 30 (66.7) | <0.0001 |
| White, n (%) | 230 (97.5) | 251 (98.1) | 43 (95.6) | 0.59 |
| Non-Hispanic, % | 233 (99.2) | 252 (98.1) | 42 (93.3) | 0.03 |
| Timing of response, n (%) | ||||
| Early | 175 (71.1) | 164 (61.1) | 33 (55.9) | 0.01 |
| Intermediate | 53 (21.5) | 69 (24.2) | 14 (23.7) | |
| Late | 18 (7.3) | 42 (14.7) | 12 (16.7) | |
| Establishment characteristics | ||||
| Licensee status | ||||
| Dealer (type 01) | 172 (69.9) | 159 (55.8) | 49 (83.1) | <0.0001 |
| Pawnbroker (type 02) | 74 (30.1) | 126 (44.2) | 10 (17.0) | |
| Nature of business premises, n (%) | ||||
| Residence | 59 (24.0) | 10 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | <0.0001 |
| Gun store | 66 (26.8) | 64 (22.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Pawnshop | 63 (25.6) | 109 (38.3) | 11 (18.6) | |
| Sporting goods store | 25 (10.2) | 49 (17.2) | 4 (15.3) | |
| General retail store | 19 (7.7) | 37 (13.0) | 39 (66.1) | |
| Gunsmith shop | 9 (3.4) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Gun shows, primarily or only | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Othera/unknown | 4 (1.6) | 13 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Sales, median (IQR) | 150 (90–368) | 250 (100–500) | 250 (100–365) | 0.001 |
| Sales, stratified, n (%) | 0.0002 | |||
| <100 | 59 (26.5) | 50 (18.9) | 8 (14.5) | |
| 100–199 | 63 (28.4) | 52 (19.7) | 10 (18.2) | |
| 200–499 | 56 (25.2) | 74 (28.0) | 26 (47.3) | |
| 500+ | 44 (19.8) | 88 (33.3) | 11 (20.0) | |
| Handgun sales as % of sales, median (IQR) | 50 (30.5–63.1) | 50.0 (30.0–66.7) | 0 (0–0) | <0.0001 |
| Handgun sales as % of sales, stratified, n (%) | <0.0001 | |||
| 0–24 | 41 (19.0) | 48 (18.8) | 44 (84.6) | |
| 25–49 | 54 (25.0) | 65 (25.5) | 3 (5.8) | |
| 50–74 | 90 (41.7) | 105 (41.2) | 1 (1.9) | |
| 75+ | 312 (14.4) | 37 (14.5) | 4 (7.7) | |
| Inexpensive handgun sales as % of handgun sales, median (IQR) | 18.7 (5.0–40.0) | 22.5 (5.0–50.0) | 100 (60–100) | <0.0001 |
| Inexpensive handgun sales as % of handgun sales, n (%) | ||||
| 0–9 | 70 (30.4) | 119 (33.0) | 1 (2.0) | <0.0001 |
| 10–24 | 59 (25.7) | 83 (23.0) | 5 (10.0) | |
| 25–49 | 45 (19.6) | 50 (13.9) | 4 (8.0) | |
| 50+ | 56 (24.4) | 109 (30.2) | 40 (80.0) | |
| “Tactical or modern sporting” rifle sales as % of rifle sales, median (IQR) | 5 (2–20) | 5 (2–20) | 0 (0–1) | <0.0001 |
| “Tactical or modern sporting” rifle sales as % of rifle sales, stratified, n (%) | ||||
| 0–1 | 48 (21.2) | 61 (22.1) | 40 (75.5) | <0.0001 |
| 2–5 | 68 (30.1) | 83 (30.1) | 6 (11.3) | |
| 6–19 | 51 (22.6) | 62 (22.5) | 3 (5.7) | |
| 20+ | 59 (26.1) | 70 (25.4) | 4 (7.8) | |
| Sales to law enforcement as % of sales, median (IQR) | 5 (1–10) | 5 (1–10) | 3 (0–10) | 0.32 |
| Sales to law enforcement as % of sales, stratified, n (%) | 0.63 | |||
| <1 | 48 (20.2) | 46 (16.6) | 15 (26.3) | |
| 1–4 | 64 (26.9) | 83 (29.9) | 17 (29.8) | |
| 5–9 | 54 (22.7) | 64 (23.0) | 9 (15.8) | |
| 10+ | 72 (30.3) | 85 (30.6) | 16 (28.1) | |
| Sales to women as % of sales, median (IQR) | 10 (5–20) | 15 (5–22.5) | 15 (5–25) | 0.29 |
| Sales to women as % of sales, stratified, n (%) | ||||
| 0–5 | 77 (2.6) | 80 (28.9) | 15 (25.4) | 0.85 |
| 6–10 | 51 (21.6) | 57 (20.4) | 14 (23.7) | |
| 11–24 | 51 (21.6) | 73 (26.2) | 14 (23.7) | |
| 25+ | 57 (24.2) | 69 (24.7) | 16 (27.1) | |
| Multiple sales as % of sales, median (IQR) | 2 (1–5) | 1 (1–5) | 1 (0–3) | 0.13 |
| Multiple sales as % of sales, stratified, n (%) | 0.20 | |||
| <1 | 65 (26.4) | 67 (23.5) | 24 (40.7) | |
| 1 | 59 (23.4) | 81 (28.4) | 12 (20.3) | |
| 2–4 | 57 (23.1) | 66 (23.2) | 10 (17.0) | |
| 5+ | 65 (26.4) | 71 (24.9) | 13 (22.0) | |
| Denied sales as % of sales, median (IQR) | 1 (0.5–2) | 1 (1–5) | 5 (1–10) | <0.0001 |
| Denied sales as % of sales, stratified, n (%) | ||||
| <1 | 70 (29.4) | 54 (19.6) | 7 (13.0) | <0.0001 |
| 1 | 68 (38.6) | 4 (34.2) | 9 (16.7) | |
| 2–4 | 55 (23.1) | 53 (19.2) | 6 (11.1) | |
| 5+ | 45 (18.9) | 74 (26.9) | 32 (59.3) | |
| Trace requests as % of sales, median (IQR) | 0.5 (0.0–1.7) | 0.7 (0.1–2) | 1.0 (0.3–2.6) | 0.08 |
| Trace requests as % of sales, stratified, n (%) | ||||
| 0 | 64 (29.1) | 58 (22.6) | 11 (20.4) | 0.38 |
| >0, ≤0.5 | 51 (23.2) | 59 (23.0) | 9 (16.7) | |
| >0.5, <2 | 52 (23.6) | 72 (28.0) | 15 (27.8) | |
| 2+ | 53 (24.1) | 68 (26.5) | 19 (35.2) | |
aOther includes five auction facilities, four shooting clubs/ranges, one firearm distributor, one police equipment store, one law office, one transmission shop, one business office