Knowledge of State Gun Laws Among US Adults in Gun-Owning Households

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2135141. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35141.

Authors

Ali Rowhani-Rahbar^{1

2}, Miriam J Haviland², Deborah Azrael³, Matthew Miller^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle.
² Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program, University of Washington, Seattle.
³ Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This survey study assesses US gun owners’ knowledge of their state’s gun laws.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Firearms / legislation & jurisprudence*
Firearms / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ownership / legislation & jurisprudence*
Ownership / statistics & numerical data*
Public Policy*
State Government
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States