TABLE 1—
Characteristics of Study Participants: US Mountain West States, 2016
| Sample Characteristic | No. (%) | Weighted % (95% CI) |
| Law enforcement (n = 448) | ||
| Title | ||
| Chief of police | 275 (61.4) | 60.9 (59.4, 62.5) |
| Sheriff | 113 (25.2) | 25.7 (24.2, 27.3) |
| Other (e.g., under sheriff, deputy chief) | 58 (12.9) | 12.9 (10.8, 15.0) |
| Time in agency, y | ||
| < 1 | 15 (3.4) | 3.2 (2.1, 4.3) |
| 1–3 | 69 (15.4) | 15.5 (13.2, 17.9) |
| 4–10 | 91 (20.3) | 20.0 (17.4, 22.6) |
| > 10 | 272 (60.7) | 61.0 (57.9, 64.1) |
| Size of agency (sworn personnel) | ||
| < 10 | 139 (31.0) | 31.4 (28.5, 34.3) |
| 10–99 | 252 (56.3) | 56.0 (52.8, 59.2) |
| ≥ 100 | 57 (12.7) | 12.6 (10.5, 14.7) |
| State | ||
| Arizona | 58 (13.0) | 11.1 |
| Colorado | 116 (25.9) | 24.9 |
| Idaho | 51 (11.4) | 13.0 |
| Montana | 60 (13.4) | 12.3 |
| Nevada | 15 (3.4) | 3.4 |
| New Mexico | 52 (11.6) | 12.6 |
| Utah | 63 (14.1) | 13.6 |
| Wyoming | 33 (7.4) | 9.0 |
| Gun retailers (n = 95) | ||
| Owner, manager, or both | 92 (96.8) | 96.5 (93.2, 99.7) |
| Time as manager/owner of business, y | ||
| < 1 | 2 (2.1) | 2.1 (0, 4.4) |
| 1–3 | 11 (11.6) | 12.3 (6.5, 18.0) |
| 4–10 | 30 (31.6) | 31.2 (23.2, 39.2) |
| > 10 | 50 (52.6) | 51.9 (43.3, 60.5) |
| No. of employees (counting respondent) | ||
| ≤ 5 | 76 (80.0) | 82.5 (76.7, 88.4) |
| 6–11 | 12 (12.6) | 10.6 (5.7, 15.5) |
| ≥ 12 | 6 (6.3) | 5.4 (1.9, 8.8) |
| State | ||
| Arizona | 19 (20.0) | 20.9 (12.8, 28.1) |
| Colorado | 24 (25.3) | 26.6 (18.9, 34.3) |
| Idaho | 12 (12.6) | 12.1 (6.6, 17.6) |
| Montana | 10 (10.5) | 11.9 (6.1, 17.7) |
| Nevada | 4 (4.2) | 3.3 (0.6, 6.0) |
| New Mexico | 7 (7.4) | 6.1 (2.4, 9.7) |
| Utah | 11 (11.6) | 12.1 (6.4, 17.8) |
| Wyoming | 8 (8.4) | 7.1 (3.2, 11.0) |
Note. CI = confidence interval. Law enforcement data were weighted within state-level strata and match the population totals, so confidence intervals were not computed. Totals may differ because of missing values on some items.