TABLE 3—
Associations Between Select Firearm Storage Practices and New Versus Long-Standing Gun Owner Status: United States, 2015
| Storage Practices | New Gun Owners, % (95% CI) | Long-Standing Gun Owners, % (95% CI) | Unadjusted ORa (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) |
| All guns locked | 51.5 (40.0, 61.9) | 36.7 (33.7, 39.8) | 1.8 (1.1, 2.7) | 1.2 (0.7, 1.9) |
| All guns unloaded | 64.0 (53.1, 73.7) | 53.1 (50.0, 56.2) | 1.6 (1.0, 2.5) | 2.1 (1.2, 3.6) |
| No guns unlocked and loaded | 84.3 (74.7, 90.7) | 66.9 (63.9, 69.7) | 2.7 (1.5, 4.8) | 2.3 (1.2, 4.3) |
Notes. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
a
Odds of a given row characteristic among new gun owners divided by odds of that same row characteristic among long-standing gun owners.
b
Adjusted for age of owner, household size, presence/age of youngest child in household, receipt of formal firearms training, reason for ownership, and type of guns owned.