Over 1 in 3 adults in households with guns do not store all in locked locations
According to a new health survey from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, over a third of Americans with guns in their homes say they do not store all of them in a locked location, despite the fact that firearm-related injuries have been the most common cause of death from injury among children and young adults.
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Since 2017, firearm-related injuries in the U.S. have been the most common cause of death from injury among children through young adults, ages 1 to 24, surpassing motor vehicle accidents, according to a 2022 study. Access to firearms in one’s home increases the riskofsuicide and accidental death.
But over a third of Americans with guns in their homes say they do not store all of them in a locked location, according to the latest health survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
In the survey, conducted Jan. 30-Feb. 10, 2025, among more than 1,700 U.S. adults, over a third of respondents report having one or more guns in their household. Of them, nearly 3 in 4 report having more than one gun in their household. Respondents aged 50 and older are more likely to be in a household with guns than those who are 18 to 49 years old.
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