Table 2. Support for Firearm Violence Prevention Proposals Among Firearm Owners by Patterns of Ownership, 2018 California Safety and Well-being Surveya.
| Characteristic | Unweighted No. (weighted %) [95% CI] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | Class 5 | Total | |
| Total | 136 (31.0) [24.9-37.9] | 107 (25.6) [19.6-32.6] | 95 (20.8) [16.1-26.6] | 63 (14.4) [9.7-20.8] | 28 (8.2) [4.8-13.6] | 429 (100) |
| Amnesty for high-capacity magazinesb,c | ||||||
| Support | 60 (39.2) [28.4-51.2] | 74 (67.1) [52.0-79.3] | 64 (62.3) [48.8-74.2] | 28 (41.0) [22.4-62.6] | 8 (34.3) [14.4-61.9] | 234 (51.0) [43.9-58.2] |
| Oppose | 41 (32.0) [21.2-45.2] | 20 (18.2) [10.2-30.2] | 18 (22.9) [13.8-35.6] | 19 (36.8) [19.4-58.5] | 14 (53.0) [27.5-76.9] | 112 (29.0) [22.8-36.1] |
| Do not know | 33 (28.0) [17.8-41.2] | 12 (14.3) [5.8-31.0] | 13 (14.7) [7.5-26.9] | 16 (22.2) [11.0-39.8] | 6 (12.7) [4.6-30.8] | 80 (19.7) [14.5-26.1] |
| Buyback for high-capacity magazinesd | ||||||
| Support | 70 (45.8) [34.1-57.9] | 72 (68.5) [53.7-80.3] | 67 (69.0) [55.8-76.7] | 32 (44.0) [25.0-65.0] | 8 (32.8) [13.4-60.6] | 249 (55.1) [47.8-62.2] |
| Oppose | 34 (22.4) [14.9-32.3] | 15 (10.5) [5.4-19.7] | 16 (15.7) [8.9-26.2] | 17 (35.7) [18.5-57.6] | 16 (56.5) [30.5-79.3] | 98 (22.7) [17.4-29.0] |
| Do not know | 29 (30.7) [18.9-45.9] | 19 (20.5) [10.6-35.9] | 12 (15.3) [7.7-28.2] | 14 (20.3) [9.6-37.9] | 4 (10.8) [3.3-29.6] | 78 (21.8) [16.0-28.9] |
| DUI-based prohibitione | ||||||
| Support | 69 (42.8) [31.5-54.9] | 65 (47.9) [33.7-62.4] | 65 (62.4) [48.4-74.6] | 38 (55.5) [35.0-74.4] | 11 (41.2) [19.1-67.5] | 248 (49.9) [42.7-57.0] |
| Oppose | 41 (34.4) [23.4-47.3] | 25 (34.3) [21.1-50.5] | 16 (19.6) [11.3-31.9] | 16 (36.1) [18.6-58.1] | 13 (32.1) [13.8-56.5] | 111 (31.3) [24.9-38.6] |
| Do not know | 25 (22.3) [12.6-36.4] | 17 (17.8) [8.5-33.5] | 14 (18.0) [9.1-32.4] | 9 (8.4) [3.8-17.7] | 4 (26.7) [7.2-63.0] | 69 (18.6) [13.2-25.6] |
| Allc | ||||||
| Support | 38 (26.7) [17.7-38.2] | 43 (34.2) [22.2-48.6] | 50 (48.2) [35.1-61.6] | 22 (34.8) [17.1-58.0] | 5 (26.3) [9.0-56.2] | 158 (34.2) [27.8-41.3] |
| Oppose | 13 (8.7) [4.6-15.9] | 2 (3.7) [0.9-14.1] | 6 (8.1) [3.4-18.2] | 10 (27.0) [11.6-51.2] | 9 (23.5) [9.5-47.4] | 40 (11.2) [7.4-16.5] |
| Do not know | 7 (5.4) [2.2-12.6] | 5 (10.8) [3.3-29.8] | 5 (7.1) [2.3-19.5] | 1 (0.9) [0.1-6.4] | 2 (6.3) [1.2-26.3] | 20 (6.6) [3.5-11.8] |
| Mixed | 74 (57.8) [45.8-69.0] | 56 (50.8) [36.3-65.3] | 34 (36.6) [24.6-50.4] | 30 (37.3) [21.6-56.2] | 12 (44.0) [20.2-71.0] | 206 (47.5) [40.4-54.7] |
Abbreviation: DUI, driving under the influence.
Data from the survey are from Kravitz-Wirtz et al.3 Columns may not sum to total because of missing values. Firearm owners were assigned to the class in which they had the highest probability of belonging according to posterior probabilities of class membership estimated by the latent class analysis model. Unweighted numbers reflect counts of respondents; survey-weighted percentages and 95% CIs incorporate California Safety and Well-being Survey weights.
Respondents were asked: “Would you support or would you oppose an amnesty program that allows people to turn in ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets, no questions asked?”
P < .05.
P = .002. Respondents were asked: “Would you support or would you oppose a buyback program that allows people to turn in ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets, no questions asked, in exchange for a small payment or reward?”
Respondents were asked: “Would you support or would you oppose a law that prevents someone from buying a gun for 5 years if they have had 2 or more DUI convictions in 5 years?”