{"id":81466,"date":"2018-08-28T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T13:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81466"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:34:12","slug":"two-thirds-of-veterans-keep-guns-as-decorative-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81466","title":{"rendered":"Two Thirds of Veterans keep Guns as Decorative Brick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is amazing how two people can read the same data and come to completely different\u00a0conclusions.<\/p>\n

One third of United States Armed Forces Veterans store at least one firearm loaded with ammunition and unlocked, according to a new study published in the\u00a0American Journal of Preventive Medicine<\/em>\u00a0that reports on the first survey of a nationally representative sample of this group regarding storage practices. Unsafe firearm storage practices appeared to be strongly related to perceptions about the need to keep firearms for protection. This easy access to lethal means increases suicide risk in an already vulnerable population.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At least 2\/3 of you people have no idea what owning a gun is all about.\u00a0 If a man speaks his opinion and there is no woman around to hear him…Is he still wrong?\u00a0 If a bangy bangy thing is not loaded…is it really a gun?<\/p>\n

“We know that nearly half of all US Veterans have firearms, and like many non-Veteran adults, it is common for them to store at least one gun loaded and unlocked. The challenge we uncovered, although I think we already suspected this, is that firearm safety practices are strongly related to whether individuals keep their firearms for protection,” explained lead investigator Joseph A. Simonetti, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA. “We recommend that VA providers work on communication strategies to enable Veterans to make informed decisions about firearm safety by balancing the perceived benefits of firearm access against the thoroughly demonstrated risks of that access for those with elevated suicide risk.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Odd, these statistics seem to show that 2\/3 of Veterans who own guns are irresponsible about the safety of their family by not being properly prepared to protect them.<\/p>\n

The survey was completed by 3,949 US adults, of whom 561 were US Veterans who own firearms. The prevalence of unsafe firearm storage ranges substantially within the group surveyed, from 9 percent to 65 percent, across individual, household, and firearm ownership characteristics, and is strongly related to other firearm-related behaviors (e.g., carrying handguns), reasons for firearm ownership (e.g., protection versus other), number of firearms owned, and perceptions about the utility of guns stored safely and whether guns make homes safer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, I bet ya anything that an un-driven car is safer than one you actually drive.<\/p>\n

Approximately one in three of the US Veterans who own firearms reported storing at least one of their firearms loaded and unlocked while 22.5 percent stored all of their firearms unloaded and locked. Sixty-six percent of Veteran firearm owners stored at least one firearm unlocked, and 46.7 percent stored at least one loaded.<\/p>\n

Storing a firearm loaded and unlocked was more common among Veteran firearm owners who:<\/p>\n