Patterns of handgun divestment among handgun owners in California.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about voluntary divestment of firearms among US firearm owners. Here, we aim to estimate the proportion of handgun owners who divest their handguns in the years following their initial acquisition; examine the timing, duration, and dynamics of those divestments; and describe characteristics of those who divest.

Methods

We use data from the Longitudinal Study of Handgun Ownership and Transfer, a cohort of registered voters in California with detailed information on 626,756 adults who became handgun owners during the 12-year study period, 2004-2016. For the current study, persons were followed from the time of their initial handgun acquisition until divestment, loss to follow-up, death, or the end of the study period. We describe the cumulative propo

SUBMITTER: Swanson SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725449 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature