Teens say they can access firearms at home, even when parents lock them up, new research shows

By Katherine G. Hastings, PhD Candidate in Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Rebeccah Sokol, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan

More than half of U.S. teens living in households with firearms believe they can access and load a firearm at home. Even when their parents report storing all firearms locked and unloaded, more than one-third of teens still believe they could access and load one. These are the main findings of our new study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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