Do parents who employ general safety practices store firearms safely?
Kara S. McGee, MSPH, PA-C1, Tamera D. Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH2, Renee M. Johnson, MPH3, and W. Clay Bordley, MD2. (1) School of Public Health, Dept. of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina, Rosenau Hall CB #7400, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, 919-949-1138, ksmcgee@email.unc.edu, (2) Department of Pediatrics, UNC Chapel Hill Medical School, University of North Carolina, CB 7225, Wing C, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3) School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, CB #7400 Rosenau Hall, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Although firearms represent a household hazard for children, it is not clear whether parents who employ general safety practices also exercise safe firearm storage. We explored the association between home safety practices and safe firearm storage. Participants were gun owning parents whose children (< 7 years) were in the pediatric emergency department for non-emergent conditio
