Among gun owners, nationally 61% have received formal firearms training 

HICRC’s national survey of gun owners finds that 61% report having ever received formal firearms training.   In the New England region, over 78% have received formal training.  Gun owners in the three southern regions (South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central) are least likely to have received formal training.  The training content seems to vary widely.  Only 15% of gun owners report receiving any information about suicide prevention.  The article, “Formal firearm training among adults in the USA: results from a national survey” by Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Vivian Lyons, Joseph Simonetti, Deborah Azrael and Matthew Miller appears online in Injury Prevention.