Abstract

Previous research has linked unsafe firearm storage practices and other ownership-related characteristics to key factors that facilitate the transition from suicidal thoughts to suicidal behaviors (i.e., acquired capability for suicide). This research has not investigated the extent to which firearm owners store firearms in their vehicles, a factor that increases ready access to the most lethal means of suicide.

Objective

This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of occasional and permanent vehicle firearm storage as well as demographic and psychological correlates of this practice in a sample of N = 408 adult male firearm owners oversampled for historical thoughts of suicide.

Methods

Participants completed an online survey for monetary compensation.

Results

Over 40% of participants indicated at least occasionally storing firearms in their vehicles with over 15% indicating storage of firearms unlocked and loaded. Elevated scores on measures of negative affect, worry, intolerance of uncertainty, and historical suicidal thoughts and behaviors were seen in those who endorsed vehicle firearm storage compared to those who did not.

Conclusion

Individual and public health firearm safety strategies would benefit from an explicit focus on the transition of firearms to and from one’s vehicle.

• HIGHLIGHTS

• Over 40% of male firearm owners at least occasionally store a firearm in a vehicle.

• 15% of those who store a firearm in a vehicle do so unlocked and loaded.

• Suicidal thought severity was related to storing a firearm in a vehicle.

• Historical suicidal behaviors were related to storing a firearm in a vehicle.

中文翻译：

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车辆枪支存放：男性枪支拥有者样本中的普遍性和相关性

摘要

先前的研究已将不安全的枪支存放做法和其他与所有权相关的特征与促进从自杀念头转变为自杀行为（即获得自杀能力）的关键因素联系起来。这项研究没有调查枪支拥有者将枪支存放在车内的程度，这是增加最致命自杀手段的易用性的一个因素。

客观的

这项横断面研究调查了偶尔和永久性车辆枪支存放的普遍性，以及这种做法在N  = 408 名成年男性枪支拥有者的样本中的人口统计和心理相关性，这些枪支拥有者的历史自杀想法被过度抽样。

方法

参与者完成了货币补偿在线调查。

结果

超过 40% 的参与者表示至少偶尔将枪支存放在他们的车辆中，超过 15% 的参与者表示存放的枪支未上锁并上膛。与不赞成车辆存放枪支的人相比，赞成车辆存放枪支的人在负面影响、忧虑、对不确定性的不容忍以及历史自杀念头和行为方面的得分更高。

结论

个人和公共卫生枪支安全战略将受益于明确关注枪支进出车辆的过渡。

• 强调

• 超过 40% 的男性枪支拥有者至少偶尔会在车内存放枪支。

• 将枪支存放在车内的人中，有 15% 是在未上锁和上膛的情况下进行的。

• 自杀念头的严重程度与将枪支存放在车内有关。

• 历史上的自杀行为与将枪支存放在车内有关。