ABSTRACT

A growing body of research has examined the factors that determine support for campus carry among campus populations, however, most have only focused on how demographic characteristics, campus safety measures, and gun ownership and attitudes impact support for campus carry. Another important, yet unstudied factor relates to how campus members think having guns on campus will impact their campus life activities. This study fills this gap in past research by exploring how the perceived academic- and employment-related impacts of campus carry influence support for the law. Stepwise multivariate logistic regression models were estimated by campus population using a sample of faculty, staff, and students from a large public university in Georgia (N = 2,545). Academic- and employment-related perceived impacts had a significant impact on support for the campus carry law across each of the campus groups even after controlling for empirically supported and relevant theoretical predictors such as campus safety concerns and gun attitudes and exposure. This study illustrates the need to include perceived impacts of the law in future research on campus carry and sheds light on the implications of campus carry on the routine activities of campus members.

摘要

越来越多的研究已经研究了决定在校园人群中支持校园随身携带的因素，但是，大多数人只关注人口统计学特征，校园安全措施以及枪支拥有和态度如何影响对校园随身携带的支持。另一个重要但尚未研究的因素与校园成员认为在校园开枪会如何影响其校园生活活动有关。本研究通过探索校园与学术和就业相关的感知影响如何为法律提供支持，填补了过去研究中的空白。通过校园人口，使用佐治亚州一所大型公立大学的教职员工和学生样本（N = 2,545）来估计逐步多元逻辑回归模型。即使在控制了经验支持和相关的理论预测因素（如校园安全问题，枪支态度和暴露程度）之后，与学术和就业相关的感知影响也对每个校园群体对校园法律的支持产生了重大影响。这项研究表明，有必要在未来有关校园随身携带的研究中纳入法律的影响，并阐明校园随身携带对校园成员日常活动的影响。