Nearly A Quarter Of Older Adult Survey Respondents Report Storing Unlocked, Loaded Guns, Despite Memory Loss Or Suicide Risk Factors, Research Suggests

Healio (4/16) reports, “Almost a quarter of older adult survey respondents from Washington stored their guns unlocked and loaded, regardless of whether they had memory loss or suicide risk factors,” researchers found in a study involving “4,428 older adults” who reported having a firearm in their home. The findings were published April 16 in a research letter in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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— “Survey shows some older adults do not store firearms safely, “Savannah Demko, Healio, April 16, 2019

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