Firearm Storage in Households With Children

How many children younger than 18 years live in homes with firearms, and how are the guns in these homes stored?Based on results from a nationally representative survey study of 879 adult gun owners living in households with children, conducted in December 2024, an estimated 32.3 million US children live in homes with firearms; 6.7 million live in a home where at least 1 firearm is loaded and unlocked.These findings suggest that improving firearm storage practices in homes with children should be a high priority.

Corresponding Author: Matthew Miller, MD, MPH, ScD, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Room 316 Robinson Hall, Boston, MA 02115-5000 (ma.miller@northeastern.edu).

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