Some violence victims are advised to obtain a gun for safety, while others are discouraged from obtaining a gun. This study compared women with interpersonal victimization experiences who did (n = 107) and who did not (n = 372) own a gun on their worry about victimization, safety planning activities, safety efficacy, and responses to conflict. Results suggest that women gun owners did not worry about their safety more than nongun owners, but they did spend significantly more time and attention on general safety planning, they had higher safety efficacy, were more comfortable with thinking about their personal safety, they were more confident in their ability to stop an attacker, and more of them use safety devices beyond a gun compared to nongun owners. Furthermore, more gun owners indicate that they would respond assertively to someone they felt was crossing their personal boundary, felt better about how they responded during their most recent interpersonal conflict, were more likely to say they would intervene if they saw someone being attacked, and more of them had given safety advice to friends and family recently than nongun owners. This study also found that more gun owners had been threatened with a gun than nongun owners. Information from this study may help professionals who work with victims. In some cases it may be better to work with victims interested in obtaining a gun rather than to outright discourage them to mitigate gun risks and to ensure that they have safety plans and strategies that go beyond the gun.

中文翻译：

---

在拥有人际关系受害经历的妇女中，是否拥有安全感与感觉更安全，安全计划和对冲突有更多果断反应相关联？

建议一些暴力受害者获得枪支以确保安全，而另一些暴力受害者则不愿获得枪支。这项研究比较了经历过人际交往经历的女性（n  = 107）和未经历过人际交往的女性（n = 372）担心自己受害，安全计划活动，安全效力和对冲突的反应而持枪。结果表明，女持枪者比非持枪者更不用担心自己的安全，但是她们确实花了更多的时间和精力在总体安全计划上，她们具有更高的安全功效，更愿意考虑自己的人身安全，她们更加安全。他们对阻止攻击者的能力充满信心，与非枪支拥有者相比，他们更多地使用枪支以外的安全装置。此外，越来越多的枪支拥有者表示，他们会坚决回应自己觉得正在越过个人边界的人，对自己在最近的人际冲突中的反应感到更好，更有可能说如果他们看到有人受到攻击，他们会进行干预，与非枪支拥有者相比，最近有更多人向朋友和家人提供了安全建议。这项研究还发现，与非枪支拥有者相比，受到枪支威胁的枪支拥有者更多。这项研究提供的信息可能会帮助与受害者合作的专业人员。在某些情况下，最好与有兴趣获得枪支的受害者合作，而不是完全劝阻他们减轻枪支风险，并确保他们拥有超越枪支的安全计划和策略。