About The Study: In this survey study of adult firearm owners who lived in households with children younger than 18 years, more than 1 in 5 reported that at least 1 firearm in their household was both loaded and unlocked, a practice more common when all children in the household were teenagers. More effective approaches to motivating parents to make their firearms inaccessible to both their teenagers and their younger children are needed.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Matthew Miller, MD, MPH, ScD, email ma.miller@northeastern.edu .
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.12191)
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