Some
parts of the report are informative:
"Persons living in
high-crime neighborhoods or involved in illegal behaviors may acquire
a gun for protection. The risk comes not necessarily from the
presence of the gun in the house but from these types of
environmental factors and exposures.
"
"our analysis was restricted to violent deaths in
the home. The dynamics of homicides or suicides occurring in
other locations may be very different. "
"We were unable to ascertain
the risk of a nonfatal outcome and were also unable to weigh the risk
of a violent death against any protective benefits of gun
ownership"
-----Original Message-----Guns in Home Increase Danger to Occupants, Survey Finds
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Subject: Guns in Home Increase Danger to Occupants, Survey Finds
11/5/2004
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/0,2061,575116,00.html
Having guns in the home increases occupants' chances of being killed or injured by firearms, according to the Nov. 15 issue of the Journal of American Epidemiology.
The Journal analyzed findings from a survey that sought to identify the relationships between gun storage practices, types of gun, and number of guns in the home and risk to occupants.
The survey found that persons with guns in the home were more likely to die from gun homicides in the home, but that the risk varied by age and whether victims lived with someone else at the time of death.
While the study found that having a gun in the home increased the risk of firearms homicide and suicide, the effect that storage practices and types and numbers of guns had on risk was unclear.
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http://aje.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/160/10/929
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Guns in the Home and Risk of a Violent Death in the Home: Findings from a National Study
Linda L. Dahlberg1 , Robin M. Ikeda2 and Marcie-jo Kresnow3
1 Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
2 Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
3 Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Data from a US mortality follow-back survey were analyzed to determine whether having a firearm in the home increases the risk of a violent death in the home and whether risk varies by storage practice, type of gun, or number of guns in the home. Those persons with guns in the home were at greater risk than those without guns in the home of dying from a homicide in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 3.4). They were also at greater risk of dying from a firearm homicide, but risk varied by age and whether the person was living with others at the time of death. The risk of dying from a suicide in the home was greater for males in homes with guns than for males without guns in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 10.4, 95% confidence interval: 5.8, 18.9). Persons with guns in the home were also more likely to have died from suicide committed with a firearm than from one committed by using a different method (adjusted odds ratio = 31.1, 95% confidence interval: 19.5, 49.6). Results show that regardless of storage practice, type of gun, or number of firearms in the home, having a gun in the home was associated with an increased risk of firearm homicide and firearm suicide in the home.
Key Words: firearms; homicide; suicide; violence; wounds and injuries
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