Secure firearm storage might help reduce access by children and other unauthorized users and the related risk for injury or death. Information about state-specific prevalence of firearm storage practices can be used to develop secure storage messages and programs; however, such information is often unavailable. Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, by respondent characteristics, were used to estimate prevalence of keeping firearms in or around the home and related storage practices for eight states that administered the firearm safety module in 2021 or 2022. Overall, 18.4% (California) to 50.6% (Alaska) of respondents reported that a firearm was kept in or around their home. Among those with a firearm in or around the home, 19.5% (Minnesota) to 43.8% (North Carolina) reported that a firearm was stored loaded. Across all eight states, approximately one half of those with a loaded firearm stored at least one loaded firearm unlocked. Among respondents with a child and a loaded firearm in the home, 25.2% (Ohio) to 41.4% (Alaska) reported that a loaded firearm was stored unlocked. Variability in firearm storage practices highlights the importance of local data and suggests opportunities to tailor prevention efforts to specific population groups to reduce risk for firearm handling by children without adult supervision, and other unauthorized persons.

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枪支存放行为 - 行为风险因素监测系统，八个州，2021-2022 年。


安全的枪支存储可能有助于减少儿童和其他未经授权的用户的接触以及相关的受伤或死亡风险。有关各州枪支储存做法盛行程度的信息可用于制定安全储存信息和计划；然而，此类信息往往无法获得。根据受访者特征，行为风险因素监测系统的数据被用来估计 2021 年或 2022 年管理枪支安全模块的八个州在家中或周围保留枪支的流行率以及相关储存做法。总体而言，为 18.4%（加利福尼亚州） ）到 50.6%（阿拉斯加州）的受访者表示，他们的家中或周围存放着枪支。在家中或家周围拥有枪支的人中，19.5%（明尼苏达州）至 43.8%（北卡罗来纳州）的受访者表示，枪支存放在已装弹的状态。在所有八个州中，大约一半的持有已上膛枪支的人至少持有一把未上锁的已上膛枪支。在家里有孩子且持有已上膛枪支的受访者中，25.2%（俄亥俄州）至 41.4%（阿拉斯加）表示，已上膛的枪支未上锁存放。枪支储存做法的差异凸显了当地数据的重要性，并提出了针对特定人群制定预防措施的机会，以减少在没有成人监督的情况下儿童和其他未经授权的人员处理枪支的风险。