PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 3 September 2001, pp. 823-823
Gun Storage
Who's the Right Target?
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To the Editor.
We applaud Azrael and colleagues' recent article,1
which addressed differential reporting on firearm storage patterns by
which adult was the respondent. The article highlighted what can be
described as the "safe gun storage promotion paradox." Studies,
including Azrael's, show that in households with multiple adults, one
adult usually has more knowledge and more control over the number,
type, and storage patterns of guns in the home. That particular
individual, usually the adult male, is typically not the one who is
exposed to gun safe storage promotion campaigns in the
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