About 1 million Americans become new gun owners each year

Using data from the HICRC sponsored National Firearms Survey, we examined differences between new and long-standing gun  owners.  New owners are younger, own fewer guns, are more likely to own guns solely for protection, but fortunately, are also more likely to store their guns safely.  The article, “Differences between new and long-standing gun owners” by Joseph Wertz, Deborah Azrael, David Hemenway, Susan Sorenson, and Matthew Miller appears in the American Journal of Public Health, online first.