TABLE 2—
Firearm Storage Practices Among 232 Firearm-Owning US Military Personnel, by Intervention Group: February 2018–July 2020
| H&S Only, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | H&S + CL, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | LMC Only, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | LMC + CL, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | No CL, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | CL, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | d or ORa (95% CI) | No LMC, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | LMC, Mean ±SE or No. (%) | d or ORa (95% CI) | |
| No. of storage methods | ||||||||||
| Baseline | 0.0 ±0.0 | 1.2 ±0.1 | 0.9 ±0.1 | 1.0 ±0.1 | 1.0 ±0.1 | 1.1 ±0.1 | 0.13 (–0.06, 0.31) | 1.1 ±0.1 | 0.9 ±0.1 | 0.08 (–0.27, 0.10) |
| 3 mo | 0.7 ±0.2 | 1.3 ±0.1 | 1.2 ±0.1 | 1.5 ±0.1 | 1.1 ±0.1 | 1.4 ±0.1 | 0.29 (0.09, 0.49) | 1.2 ±0.1 | 1.3 ±0.1 | 0.12 (–0.08, 0.32) |
| 6 mo | 0.6 ±0.1 | 1.3 ±0.1 | 1.3 ±0.1 | 1.3 ±0.1 | 1.2 ±0.1 | 1.4 ±0.1 | 0.15 (–0.06, 0.35) | 1.2 ±0.1 | 1.3 ±0.1 | 0.13 (–0.08, 0.33) |
| Gun safe | ||||||||||
| Baseline | 0.0 (0.0) | 39.4 (8.2) | 24.2 (6.6) | 18.6 (5.8) | 25.0 (4.8) | 27.8 (5.2) | 1.16 (0.64, 2.07) | 32.2 (5.5) | 21.2 (4.4) | 0.57 (0.31, 1.02) |
| 3 mo | 12.0 (5.1) | 28.2 (7.3) | 33.8 (7.9) | 38.2 (7.9) | 26.8 (5.1) | 33.0 (5.8) | 1.35 (0.75, 2.42) | 24.2 (4.8) | 36.0 (6.0) | 1.76 (0.97, 3.19) |
| 6 mo | 9.7 (4.6) | 35.1 (8.3) | 33.7 (8.0) | 30.9 (8.4) | 26.8 (5.1) | 32.9 (5.9) | 1.34 (0.74, 2.43) | 27.4 (5.3) | 32.2 (5.8) | 1.26 (0.69, 2.28) |
| Locked up | ||||||||||
| Baseline | 0.0 (0.0) | 30.5 (7.0) | 16.3 (5.2) | 23.9 (6.6) | 19.9 (4.2) | 27.1 (4.8) | 1.50 (0.81, 2.76) | 27.1 (4.8) | 19.8 (4.2) | 0.66 (0.36, 1.23) |
| 3 mo | 17.4 (6.1) | 58.1 (8.1) | 31.4 (7.5) | 61.6 (8.8) | 29.9 (5.2) | 59.8 (6.0) | 3.49 (1.98, 6.14) | 42.6 (6.0) | 46.1 (6.3) | 1.15 (0.67, 1.98) |
| 6 mo | 14.9 (5.6) | 61.6 (8.8) | 48.4 (8.6) | 61.5 (9.0) | 35.8 (5.8) | 58.4 (6.1) | 2.52 (1.44, 4.40) | 39.0 (5.9) | 55.0 (6.3) | 1.91 (1.10, 3.32) |
| Unloaded | ||||||||||
| Baseline | 0.0 (0.0) | 48.8 (8.3) | 44.0 (8.2) | 53.3 (8.5) | 47.3 (6.0) | 51.0 (5.9) | 1.16 (0.69, 1.94) | 49.6 (0.6) | 48.6 (6.0) | 0.96 (0.57, 1.61) |
| 3 mo | 31.2 (10.0) | 54.5 (8.5) | 55.6 (8.3) | 64.3 (8.7) | 56.8 (5.9) | 59.5 (6.2) | 1.11 (0.65, 1.93) | 56.2 (6.0) | 60.0 (6.1) | 1.17 (0.68, 2.01) |
| 6 mo | 27.0 (9.4) | 54.0 (8.6) | 61.3 (8.2) | 47.9 (9.3) | 59.1 (5.9) | 50.9 (6.3) | 1.39 (0.81, 2.41) | 55.4 (6.1) | 54.7 (6.3) | 0.97 (0.56, 1.68) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; CL = cable locks; H&S = health and stress counseling control condition; LMC = lethal means counseling; OR = odds ratio.
a
The no. of storage methods results are d, the remainder are OR.