Brief firearm safety talks more than double openness to out-of-home storage
A brief chat about firearm safety can sharply increase willingness among gun owners to consider temporarily storing their firearms outside the home during times of crisis, a step that could help reduce suicide risk, according to a Rutgers-led study.
A brief conversation on firearm safety could significantly boost gun owners' willingness to store their firearms outside the home during emergencies, a Rutgers-led study reveals. Project Safe Guard, a 15-minute intervention, more than doubled the proportion of participants who were initially opposed to out-of-home firearm storage and later became open to the idea.
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