Susan B. Sorenson is with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. At the time of the study, Douglas J. Wiebe was with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
FIGURE 1——Gun-keeping practices in the homes of 417 residents of 67 California battered women’s shelters during their relationships with a violent partner.
Note. Solid arrows indicate responses leading to the observation that, among respondents reporting a gun or guns in the home, 41.2% said that at least 1 gun was kept unlocked and either already loaded or kept with ammunition. Some respondents said that they did not know how the guns were stored: 23 of 153 did not know whether the guns were locked up, 16 of 92 did not know whether the unlocked guns were kept loaded, and 2 of 23 did not know whether ammunition was kept with the unlocked and unloaded guns. These "do not know" responses were omitted from the figure.
