US Public Opinion on Carrying Firearms in Public Places

Objectives. To estimate US public opinion, overall and by gun ownership status, about the public places where legal gun owners should be allowed to carry firearms.

Methods. We fielded an online survey among 3949 adults, including an oversample of gun owners and veterans, in April 2015. We used cross-tabulations with survey weights to generate nationally representative estimates.

Editorial Committee

Director

Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr.

Editor-in-chief

Damián Vázquez

Editorial Board

Ex-officio Members

Eliane Pereira dos Santos, Advisor, Knowledge Management and Networks, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States
Oscar J. Mújica, Advisor, Social Epidemiology, Pan American Health Organization, Washington D.C., United States
Abraham Valles, Editorial Technician, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States

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